Solar physicists unlock easier way to observe peculiar particles that reveal the inner workings of the sun
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 10:02
in Astronomy & Space
In 2009, applied physicist Peter Sturrock was visiting the National Solar Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, when the deputy director of the observatory told him he should read a controversial article about radioactive decay. Although the subject was outside Sturrock's field, it inspired a thought so intriguing that the next day he phoned the author of the study, Purdue University physicist Ephraim Fischbach, to suggest a collaboration.