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FZJ-2016-07866

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Ludhova, L. (Corresponding author)FZJ*

2016
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg

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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/13345  doi:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2016-05/7

Abstract: Neutrino geoscience is a newly born interdisciplinary field having as its main aim determination of the Earths radiogenic heat through measurement of geoneutrinos: antineutrinos released in decays of long-lived radioactive elements inside the Earth. In fact, such measurements are a unique direct way how to pin-down this key element for many geophysical and geochemical Earths models. The large--volume liquid scintillator detectors, originally built to measure neutrinos or anti-neutrinos from other sources, are capable to detect geoneutrinos, as it was demonstrated by KamLAND (Japan) and Borexino (Italy) experiments. Several future projects as SNO+ or JUNO have geoneutrino measurements among their scientific goals. This work covers the status-of-art of this new field, summarising its potential in terms of geoscience, the status of existing experimental results, and future prospects.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Experimentelle Hadrondynamik (IKP-2)

Research Program(s):

1. 612 - Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory (POF3-612) (POF3-612)

Appears in the scientific report 2016

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