Science Potential of a Deep Ocean Antineutrino Observatory

dc.creatorDye, Steve
dc.date2006-11-22
dc.date2006-12-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:37:16Z
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dc.descriptionThis paper presents science potential of a deep ocean antineutrino observatory under development at Hawaii. The observatory design allows for relocation from one site to another. Positioning the observatory some 60 km distant from a nuclear reactor complex enables precision measurement of neutrino mixing parameters, leading to a determination of neutrino mass hierarchy. At a mid-Pacific location the observatory measures the flux and ratio of uranium and thorium decay neutrinos from earth's mantle and performs a sensitive search for a hypothetical natural fission reactor in earth's core. A subsequent deployment at another mid-ocean location would test lateral heterogeneity of uranium and thorium in earth's mantle.
dc.description3 pages- paper presented at NOW 2006, Lecce, Italy
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0611039
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0611039
dc.identifierNucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.168:144-146,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2007.02.012
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/180327
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleScience Potential of a Deep Ocean Antineutrino Observatory
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