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Why and how the Sun and the stars shine

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coverWhy and how the Sun and the stars shine
Gianpaolo Bellini
Il Nuovo Saggiatore Vol. 36, Anno 2020, No. 5-6, Pag. 82

Summary

Borexino revealed for the first time the mechanisms that make the Sun and the other stars live.  In this article Prof. em. Gianpaolo Bellini (one of the “fathers” of Borexino and the spokesman of the collaboration until his retirement) describes the experiment and recollects its history and achievements.

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Tagged on: Borexino    Description    Detector    History    Summary
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The European Physical Society awarded Borexino the 2021 Cocconi Prize

“The 2021 Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize for an outstanding contribution to Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology is awarded to the Borexino collaboration for the groundbreaking observation of solar neutrinos from the pp and CNO chains that provided unique and comprehensive tests of the Sun as a nuclear fusion engine.”

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