Absence of Correlation between the Solar Neutrino Flux and the Sunspot Number

Details Absence of Correlation between the Solar Neutrino Flux and the Sunspot Number Absence of Correlation between the Solar Neutrino Flux and the Sunspot Number

1997-10-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9710031v1

Phys.Rev.Lett. 79 (1997) 4522-4524; Phys.Rev.Lett. 83 (1999) 1895

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 2 figures, to be published in PRL

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1895

There exists a considerable amount of research claiming a puzzling anti-correlation between the neutrino detection rate at the Homestake experiment and indicators of solar activity such as the sunspot number, giving rise to explanations involving the hypothesis of a neutrino magnetic moment. It is argued here that the claimed significant anti-correlation is due to a statistical fallacy. A proper test based on certain optimality criteria fails to detect a significant time variation of the neutrino flux in concert with the sunspot number, providing evidence that the observations are consistent with no correlation between the two series.

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