Chapter 30, Problem 42RPP

To determine

The reason among the provided choices for a person to be unable to notice solar neutrinos passing through the body.

a. The Sun is very far away so the neutrinos have very little energy by the time they get to Earth.

b. Nearly all the neutrinos oscillate into other types that can pass easily through your body.

c. Solar neutrinos only participate in nuclear fusion reactions and since nuclear fusion doesn’t happen in your body you don’t notice the neutrinos.

d. Neutrinos only interact very weakly with atoms.

e. Only a very small number of them pass through your body each second.