Sep 8 – 13, 2013
Asilomar, California
US/Pacific timezone

Geo-neutrinos and Earth Models

Sep 9, 2013, 2:40 PM
20m
Asilomar, California

Asilomar, California

Asilomar Conference Grounds, 800 Asilomar Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950-3704
Oral Low-Energy Neutrinos (solar, reactor, supernova, and geo neutrinos and also nuclear astrophysics associated with these sources) Low Energy Neutrinos I

Speaker

Dr Stephen Dye (Hawaii Pacific University)

Description

We present earth models predicting different levels of radiogenic heating and, therefore, different geo-neutrino fluxes from the mantle. Seismic tomography reveals features in the mantle possibly correlated with radiogenic heating and causing spatial variations in the mantle geo-neutrino flux at the earth surface. An ocean-based observatory offers the greatest sensitivity to the mantle flux and potential for resolving earth models and mantle features. Refinements to estimates of the geo-neutrino flux from continental crust reduce uncertainty in measurements of the mantle flux, especially measurements from land-based observatories. These refinements enable the resolution of earth models using the combined measurements from multiple continental observatories.

Primary author

Dr Stephen Dye (Hawaii Pacific University)

Co-authors

Dr O. Sramek (University of Maryland) Dr V. Lekic (University of Maryland) Dr W.F. McDonough (University of Maryland) Dr Y. Huang (University of Maryland)

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