TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring the global radioactivity in the earth by multidetector antineutrino spectroscopy
AU - Raghavan, R. S.
AU - Schoenert, S.
AU - Enomoto, S.
AU - Shirai, J.
AU - Suekane, F.
AU - Suzuki, A.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - We show that antineutrino(ve)spectroscopy in upcoming detectors in Italy and Japan can be used to measure the separate global abundances of238U and 232Th, thus∼90% of the radiogenic heat in the Earth. Exploiting the unique advantage of their contrasting geological locations, they may also probe differences in U, Th areal densities in the continental and oceanic crusts and the mantle. Bearing directly on the interior of the whole Earth, such data can test, for the first time, the conceptual foundations of the geophysical structure, dynamics, and evolution of the present Earth.
AB - We show that antineutrino(ve)spectroscopy in upcoming detectors in Italy and Japan can be used to measure the separate global abundances of238U and 232Th, thus∼90% of the radiogenic heat in the Earth. Exploiting the unique advantage of their contrasting geological locations, they may also probe differences in U, Th areal densities in the continental and oceanic crusts and the mantle. Bearing directly on the interior of the whole Earth, such data can test, for the first time, the conceptual foundations of the geophysical structure, dynamics, and evolution of the present Earth.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.635
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.635
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000087736
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 80
SP - 635
EP - 638
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 3
ER -