What does the neutrino oscillation theory explain?
A.) It explains why exactly 1/3 of the neutrinos reaching Earth are electron neutrinos. B.) It explains why the same proportion of neutrinos reach the Earth as leave the Sun. C.) It explains why more electron and muon neutrinos leave the Sun and more tau neutrinos reach the Earth. D.) It explains why more electron neutrinos leave the Sun and more muon and tau neutrinos reach the Earth. E.) It explains why more muon and tau neutrinos leave the Sun and more electron neutrinos reach the Earth.
In the sun, only electron neutrinos produced when hydrogen undergoes fusion reaction and forms helium. But the on their way to earth, some neutrinos undergo oscillation and change flavour to tauon and muon neutrino. And the electron neutrinos detected at earth is about 1/3 of the neutrinos reaching the earth. The rest are converted to tauon and muon neutrinos. Hence the answers about neutrino oscillation are:
A.) It explains why exactly 1/3 of the neutrinos reaching Earth are electron neutrinos.
D.) It explains why more electron neutrinos leave the Sun and more muon and tau neutrinos reach the Earth
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