The solution to the solar neutrino problem was

A) the Sun's core is cooling down, producing less neutrinos that expected.
B) 2/3 of the neutrinos transform into a new type during the 8-minute trip to Earth.
C) the corona is opaque to much of the neutrino radiation.
D) the Earth's ozone layer absorbs 2/3 of the neutrinos in transit.
E) our solar energy equations were just wrong, and needed much reworking.


B

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