The hep reaction and the solar neutrino problem

Abstract

The results of a new calculation of the astrophysical S-factor for the proton weak capture on 3He are here reviewed. The methods used to obtain very accurate initial and final state wave functions and to construct the nuclear weak current operator are described. Finally the implications of these results for the Super-Kamiokande solar neutrino data are discussed.

Comments: 10 pages, 1 figure, XVII European Few-Body plenary talk, Evora, September 2000