Review article &amp;quot;Geo-neutrinos&amp;quot;

Ludhová, L.

doi:10.5194/gi-1-221-2012

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“…The contribution from geonuclear reactions to the heat flow, estimated from examination of the geoneutrino flux, (Enomoto et al 2007) reached 11.2 +7.9 −5.1 TW (Gando et al 2013). Although the volume of the Borexino detector (280 t) is much smaller than that of KamLAND (1,000 t), the background from reactor neutrinos is much lower than that for KamLAND because there are no nuclear power plants in Italy (Ludhova 2012). Borexino detected 14.3 ± 4.4 geoneutrino candidates over 1,353 days of observation (Bellini et al 2013).…”

Section: Geoneutrino Detectionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Particle Geophysics

Tanaka

2014

Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci.

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Geophysics research has long been dominated by classical mechanics, largely disregarding the potential of particle physics to augment existing techniques. The purpose of this article is to review recent progress in probing Earth's interior with muons and neutrinos. Existing results for various volcanological targets are reviewed. Geoneutrinos are also highlighted as examples in which the neutrino probes elucidate the composition of Earth's deep interior. Particle geophysics has the potential to serve as a useful paradigm to transform our understanding of Earth as dramatically as the X-ray transformed our understanding of medicine and the body.

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Section: Geoneutrino Detectionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Particle Geophysics

Tanaka

2014

Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci.

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Astrobiological Stoichiometry

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Chemical composition affects virtually all aspects of astrobiology, from stellar astrophysics to molecular biology. We present a synopsis of the research results presented at the ''Stellar Stoichiometry'' Workshop Without Walls hosted at Arizona State University April 11-12, 2013, under the auspices of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. The results focus on the measurement of chemical abundances and the effects of composition on processes from stellar to planetary scales. Of particular interest were the scientific connections between processes in these normally disparate fields. Measuring the abundances of elements in stars and giant and terrestrial planets poses substantial difficulties in technique and interpretation. One of the motivations for this conference was the fact that determinations of the abundance of a given element in a single star by different groups can differ by more than their quoted errors. The problems affecting the reliability of abundance estimations and their inherent limitations are discussed. When these problems are taken into consideration, self-consistent surveys of stellar abundances show that there is still substantial variation (factors of *2) in the ratios of common elements (e.g., C, O, Na, Al, Mg, Si, Ca) important in rock-forming minerals, atmospheres, and biology. We consider how abundance variations arise through injection of supernova nucleosynthesis products into star-forming material and through photoevaporation of protoplanetary disks. The effects of composition on stellar evolution are substantial, and coupled with planetary atmosphere models can result in predicted habitable zone extents that vary by many tens of percent. Variations in the bulk composition of planets can affect rates of radiogenic heating and substantially change the mineralogy of planetary interiors, affecting properties such as convection and energy transport.

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Review article "Geo-neutrinos"

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