Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations for Earth Tomography
Nuclear physics / B 908, 250-267(2016). doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.03.033 : Modern proposed atmospheric neutrino oscillation experiments, such as PINGU in the Antarctic ice or ORCA in Mediterranean sea water, aim for precision measurements of the oscillation parameters including the ordering of th...
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ftdatacite:10.3204/pubdb-2016-01613 2023-05-15T13:56:38+02:00 Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations for Earth Tomography Winter, Walter 2016 https://dx.doi.org/10.3204/pubdb-2016-01613 http://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/296803 en eng Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.03.033 530 Text Journal article article-journal ScholarlyArticle 2016 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.3204/pubdb-2016-01613 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.03.033 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Nuclear physics / B 908, 250-267(2016). doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.03.033 : Modern proposed atmospheric neutrino oscillation experiments, such as PINGU in the Antarctic ice or ORCA in Mediterranean sea water, aim for precision measurements of the oscillation parameters including the ordering of the neutrino masses. They can, however, go far beyond that: Since neutrino oscillations are affected by the coherent forward scattering with matter, neutrinos can provide a new view on the interior of the earth. We show that the proposed atmospheric oscillation experiments can measure the lower mantle density of the earth with a precision at the level of a few percent, including the uncertainties of the oscillation parameters and correlations among different density layers. While the earth's core is, in principle, accessible by the angular resolution, new technology would be required to extract degeneracy-free information. : Published by North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam Text Antarc* Antarctic Orca DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic The Antarctic Pingu ENVELOPE(-52.017,-52.017,67.067,67.067) |
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Nuclear physics / B 908, 250-267(2016). doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.03.033 : Modern proposed atmospheric neutrino oscillation experiments, such as PINGU in the Antarctic ice or ORCA in Mediterranean sea water, aim for precision measurements of the oscillation parameters including the ordering of the neutrino masses. They can, however, go far beyond that: Since neutrino oscillations are affected by the coherent forward scattering with matter, neutrinos can provide a new view on the interior of the earth. We show that the proposed atmospheric oscillation experiments can measure the lower mantle density of the earth with a precision at the level of a few percent, including the uncertainties of the oscillation parameters and correlations among different density layers. While the earth's core is, in principle, accessible by the angular resolution, new technology would be required to extract degeneracy-free information. : Published by North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam |
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