Table of Contents

List of tables; List of figures; Preface; 1. Overview; 2. Stellar structure and evolution; 3. Nuclear fusion reactions; 4. The standard solar model; 5. Nonstandard solar models; 6. The neutrinos; 7. Theoretical uncertainties; 8. Neutrino cross sections; 9. Beyond the standard model of electroweak interactions; 10. The 37CI experiment; 11. The 71Ga experiments; 12. Geochemical and radiochemical detectors: Mo, Tl, Li, Br, I; 13. Neutrino-electron scattering experiments; 14. Direct counting experiments; 15. Stellar collapse; 16. Synopsis and future directions; Appendix; References; Index.

Reviews

"The book provides a thorough and expert summary of a field of intense current interest." Nature "This book should serve as the standard reference for this rapidly developing area of research for some time to come."--Physics Today "...a very important book covering the observational, theoretical, and experimental aspects of neutrino astrophysics." Sky & Telescope "...an outstanding book on an exciting, developing new field of astronomy." American Journal of Physics "...this book will stand as a landmark account of what has become one of the most important experiments in physics, not just astronomy, during the second half of the 20th century." John Gribbin, New Scientist "...an excellent book on neutrino astrophysics...Elementary particle theorists will find here a most valuable guide to theoretical developments. Experimenters will be delighted by the accurate, clear discussion of observations." Comments on Astrophysics