Results from KamLAND
Creators
- 1. Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Aramaki Aoba, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578 (Japan)
Description
Earth is our most familiar astronomical object. However, its properties are not very well known, because its interior is optically invisible. One of the most important parameters in understanding Earth is heat generation. A large part of this heat is generated by the decay of radioactive elements, accompanying neutrino emissions, in the earth. KamLAND has provided precise determination of neutrino oscillation parameters and revealed how neutrinos travel observing neutrinos from distant nuclear power reactors. Consequently, KamLAND has made neutrinos new tool to see through astronomical objects that are opaque. Success in the first observation of geologically-produced neutrinos with KamLAND is a break-through for observational geophysics and is the start of 'Neutrino Geophysics'
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.2234392;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 847
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 119-127
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- New horizon of nuclear astrophysics and cosmology
- Acronym
- International symposium on origin of matter and evolution of galaxies 2005
- Dates
- 8-11 Nov 2005
- Place
- Tokyo (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38045137
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- EMISSION; GEOPHYSICS; HEAT; NEUTRINO DETECTION; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; NEUTRINOS; NUCLEAR DECAY; RADIATION DETECTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- DECAY; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; RADIATION DETECTION
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics