Radiography of earth's core and mantle with atmospheric neutrinos
A measurement of the absorption of neutrinos with energies in excess of 10 TeV when traversing the Earth is capable of revealing its density distribution. Unfortunately, the existence of beams with sufficient luminosity for the task has been ruled out by the AMANDA South Pole neutrino telescope. In...
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ftubarcepubl:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/138318 2024-02-11T10:08:40+01:00 Radiography of earth's core and mantle with atmospheric neutrinos González García, Ma. Concepción Halzen, Francis Maltoni, Michele Tanaka, Hiroyuki K. M. 2008-02-14 4 p. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2445/138318 eng eng American Physical Society Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.061802 Physical Review Letters, 2008, vol. 100, num. 6, p. 061802 Articles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.061802 0031-9007 http://hdl.handle.net/2445/138318 577788 (c) American Physical Society, 2008 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Neutrins Estructura interna de la terra Neutrinos Internal structure of the earth info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2008 ftubarcepubl https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.061802 2024-01-24T01:07:05Z A measurement of the absorption of neutrinos with energies in excess of 10 TeV when traversing the Earth is capable of revealing its density distribution. Unfortunately, the existence of beams with sufficient luminosity for the task has been ruled out by the AMANDA South Pole neutrino telescope. In this Letter we point out that, with the advent of second-generation kilometer-scale neutrino detectors, the idea of studying the internal structure of Earth may be revived using atmospheric neutrinos instead. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona South Pole Physical Review Letters 100 6 |
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Neutrins Estructura interna de la terra Neutrinos Internal structure of the earth González García, Ma. Concepción Halzen, Francis Maltoni, Michele Tanaka, Hiroyuki K. M. Radiography of earth's core and mantle with atmospheric neutrinos |
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A measurement of the absorption of neutrinos with energies in excess of 10 TeV when traversing the Earth is capable of revealing its density distribution. Unfortunately, the existence of beams with sufficient luminosity for the task has been ruled out by the AMANDA South Pole neutrino telescope. In this Letter we point out that, with the advent of second-generation kilometer-scale neutrino detectors, the idea of studying the internal structure of Earth may be revived using atmospheric neutrinos instead. |
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González García, Ma. Concepción Halzen, Francis Maltoni, Michele Tanaka, Hiroyuki K. M. |
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González García, Ma. Concepción Halzen, Francis Maltoni, Michele Tanaka, Hiroyuki K. M. |
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Radiography of earth's core and mantle with atmospheric neutrinos |
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Radiography of earth's core and mantle with atmospheric neutrinos |
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Radiography of earth's core and mantle with atmospheric neutrinos |
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Radiography of earth's core and mantle with atmospheric neutrinos |
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Radiography of earth's core and mantle with atmospheric neutrinos |
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radiography of earth's core and mantle with atmospheric neutrinos |
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Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.061802 Physical Review Letters, 2008, vol. 100, num. 6, p. 061802 Articles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.061802 0031-9007 http://hdl.handle.net/2445/138318 577788 |
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