Exploring the hidden interior of the Earth with directional neutrino measurements

Michael Leyton; Stephen Dye; Jocelyn Monroe

doi:10.1038/ncomms15989

Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Exploring the hidden interior of the Earth with directional neutrino measurements

Michael Leyton,
Stephen Dye,
Jocelyn Monroe

Affiliations

Michael Leyton: Institut de Física d’Altes Energies, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Facultat Ciencies Nord, Campus UAB
Stephen Dye: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii
Jocelyn Monroe: Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15989
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The detection of Earth’s anti neutrino emission from potassium and the mantle remain elusive. Here the authors propose a method for measuring potassium and mantle geo-neutrinos by detecting their elastic scattering on electrons with direction-sensitive detectors.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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