Geo-Neutrinos And Radiogenic Contribution To Earth's Heat Flow

Journal Article · Wed Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527211· OSTI ID:21506854

Fiorentini, Giovanni; Mantovani, Fabio; Chubakov, Viacheslav ^[1]; Lissia, Marcello ^[2]

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1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Ferrara, I-44100 Ferrara (Italy)
2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Cagliari, I-09042 Monserrato (Canada) (Italy)

New measurements of the geo-neutrino flux are available from two independent and complementary experiments: Borexino and KamLAND. These new data decrease uncertainties on the flux and the derived radiogenic contribution to the terrestrial heat flow begins to be significant. The derived heat flow has a theoretical uncertainty from the accepted model of Earth. In the new future the range of the predictions should decrease mainly because of larger statistics collected by the two experiments and of a detailed geological study of the region near Borexino.

• OSTI ID: 21506854
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1304, Issue 1; Conference: Carpathian summer school of physics - Exotic nuclei and nuclear/particle astrophysics (III): From nuclei to stars, Sinaia (Romania), 20 Jun - 3 Jul 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3527211; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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