Geo-Neutrinos: a short review
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-01-04 v1 Astrophysics
Geophysics
Abstract
Geo-neutrino detection will determine the amount of long lived radioactive elements within our planet and fix the debated radiogenic contribution to the terrestrial heat. In addition, it will provide a direct test of the Bulk Silicate Earth model, a fundamental cosmochemical paradigm about the origin of the Earth. Unorthodox models of Earth's core (including the presence of potassium or the possibility of a giant reactor) can also be checked. This short review presents status and prospects of the field.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0409152,
title = {Geo-Neutrinos: a short review},
author = {Gianni Fiorentini and Marcello Lissia and Fabio Mantovani and Riccardo Vannucci},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0409152},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
7 pages, 2 figures, presented at Neutrino 2004 in Paris