Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations for Earth Tomography
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 oscil...
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ftdesyvdb:oai:bib-pubdb1.desy.de:296801 2023-05-15T13:42:47+02:00 Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations for Earth Tomography Winter, Walter DE 2016 https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/296801 https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/search?p=id:%22PUBDB-2016-01611%22 eng eng North-Holland Publ. Co. info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/arXiv:1511.05154 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3204/PUBDB-2016-01611 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC//646623 https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/296801 https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/search?p=id:%22PUBDB-2016-01611%22 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Amsterdam : North-Holland Publ. Co. (2016). doi:10.3204/PUBDB-2016-01611 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530 neutrino: oscillation neutrino: atmosphere neutrino: mass neutrino: mixing angle mass: hierarchy forward scattering angular resolution correlation coherence interpretation of experiments PINGU new physics info:eu-repo/semantics/preprint info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftdesyvdb https://doi.org/10.3204/PUBDB-2016-01611 2022-06-30T20:13:52Z 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. Report Antarc* Antarctic Orca DESY Publication Database (PUBDB) Antarctic The Antarctic Pingu ENVELOPE(-52.017,-52.017,67.067,67.067) |
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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. |
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Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations for Earth Tomography |
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Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations for Earth Tomography |
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Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations for Earth Tomography |
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Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations for Earth Tomography |
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Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations for Earth Tomography |
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atmospheric neutrino oscillations for earth tomography |
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North-Holland Publ. Co. |
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