caa a22 4500 467897190 CHVBK 20180406152807.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11038-006-9112-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11038-006-9112-8 A Geoneutrino Experiment at Homestake [Elektronische Daten] [N. Tolich, Y. Chan, C. Currat, B. Fujikawa, R. Henning, K. Lesko, A. Poon, M. Decowski, J. Wang, K. Tolich] A significant fraction of the 44TW of heat dissipation from the Earth's interior is believed to originate from the decays of terrestrial uranium and thorium. The only estimates of this radiogenic heat, which is the driving force for mantle convection, come from Earth models based on meteorites, and have large systematic errors. The detection of electron antineutrinos produced by these uranium and thorium decays would allow a more direct measure of the total uranium and thorium content, and hence radiogenic heat production in the Earth. We discuss the prospect of building an electron antineutrino detector approximately 700m3 in size in the Homestake mine at the 4850' level. This would allow us to make a measurement of the total uranium and thorium content with a statistical error less than the systematic error from our current knowledge of neutrino oscillation parameters. It would also allow us to test the hypothesis of a naturally occurring nuclear reactor at the center of the Earth. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 Geoneutrino nationallicence Electron antineutrino nationallicence Georeactor nationallicence Homestake mine nationallicence Tolich N. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Chan Y. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Currat C. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Fujikawa B. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Henning R. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Lesko K. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Poon A. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Decowski M. Physics Department, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Wang J. Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Tolich K. Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut Earth, Moon, and Planets Kluwer Academic Publishers 99/1-4(2006-12-01), 229-240 0167-9295 99:1-4<229 2006 99 11038 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11038-006-9112-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11038-006-9112-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tolich N. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chan Y. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Currat C. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fujikawa B. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Henning R. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lesko K. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Poon A. Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Decowski M. Physics Department, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang J. Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tolich K. Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Earth, Moon, and Planets Kluwer Academic Publishers 99/1-4(2006-12-01), 229-240 0167-9295 99:1-4<229 2006 99 11038 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer