Science Potential of a Deep Ocean Antineutrino Observatory
arXiv:hep-ex/0611039 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2007.02.012
Abstract
This 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.
arXiv comment3 pages- paper presented at NOW 2006, Lecce, Italy
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