Published 2019 | Version v1
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Earth tomography with neutrinos in KM3NeT-ORCA

Creators

  • 1. APC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité (France)
  • 2. Institut Universitaire de France, 75005 Paris (France)

Description

The study of atmospheric neutrinos crossing the Earth can provide tomographic information on the Earth's interior, complementary to the standard geophysics methods. This contribution presents an updated study of the potential of the KM3NeT-ORCA detector for neutrino oscillation tomography of the Earth, showing that after ten years of operation it can measure the electron density in both the lower mantle and the outer core with a precision of a few percents in the case of normal neutrino mass hierarchy.

Availability note (English)

Available from https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2019/12/epjconf_vlvnt2018_04008.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/ff8f250ff100442e853df9bc5aeb42e6

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2019/12/epjconf_vlvnt2018_04008.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/ff8f250ff100442e853df9bc5aeb42e6;
DOI
10.1051/epjconf/201920704008;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
EPJ. Web of Conferences
Journal Volume
207
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
2100-014X

Conference

Title
International Conference on Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescopes
Acronym
VLVnT-2018
Dates
2-4 Oct 2018
Place
Dubna (Russian Federation)

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
53097821
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRINOS; ELECTRON DENSITY; GEOPHYSICS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; OPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY
Descriptors DEC
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NEUTRINOS; PHYSICS