Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-09-02
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 2 figures Published in ICRC XXVI: Proceedings of the 26th International Cosmic Rays Conference (Salt Lake City,. Utah
Scientific paper
We report on the feasibility of using an isotropic flux of cosmic neutrinos in the energy range of 10 to 10,000 TeV to study the interior geophysical structure of the Earth. The angular distribution of events in a $\sim {\rm km}^3$-scale neutrino telescope can be inverted to yield the Earth's nucleon density distribution. The approach is independent of previous seismic methods. The energy spectrum of the neutrino primaries can also be determined from consistency with the angular distribution. Depending on neutrino flux, a reasonable density determination can be obtained with a few hundred receivers operating for a few years.
Frichter George M.
Jain Pankaj
Ralston John P.
No associations
LandOfFree
Core, Mantle, Crust: Imaging the Earth's Interior with Ultra-High Energy Neutrino Tomography does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with Core, Mantle, Crust: Imaging the Earth's Interior with Ultra-High Energy Neutrino Tomography, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Core, Mantle, Crust: Imaging the Earth's Interior with Ultra-High Energy Neutrino Tomography will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-506407