Solar Neutrinos

TL;DR

This paper reviews three decades of solar neutrino research, highlighting recent experimental results and future projects, emphasizing the importance of neutrinos in understanding both neutrino physics and solar interior.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive summary of past achievements and discusses upcoming experiments and their potential scientific impact in solar neutrino physics.

Findings

Recent experiments have advanced understanding of neutrino properties.

Solar neutrino measurements probe the Sun's interior.

Future projects aim to deepen insights into neutrino physics and solar processes.

Abstract

The Sun is a powerful neutrino source that can be used to study the physical properties of neutrinos and, at the same time, neutrinos are a unique tool to probe the interior of the Sun. For these reasons, solar neutrino physics is both fundamental neutrino and solar physics. In this paper we summarize shortly the main results of the last three decades and then focus on the new results produced by running experiments. We also give a short look at already funded or proposed new projects and at their scientific perspectives.