`Passion for Earth': A New Beginning
Abstract
In this essay, I discuss an interdisciplinary science that is just blossoming: that of geo-neutrinos. I begin with a couple of episodes from the history of thought, showing the deep roots of Earth science and its many connections with microphysics. I then recall the stage of full maturity reached in the knowledge of neutrinos, which allows one to argue the full reliability of recent measurements. I conclude with a discussion of the state of the field and its prospects for the near future, and with a dedication to the memory of a colleague and friend, Giovanni Fiorentini, a pioneer of these studies.
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@article{arxiv.2306.13655,
title = {`Passion for Earth': A New Beginning},
author = {Francesco Vissani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.13655},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
24 pages, 3 figure. Conclusive talk for the conference `Passion for Earth: a new way of looking at the interior of our planet', organised by The Italian Physical Society (SIF), Milan, October 27, 2022