Open AccessReview article "Geo-neutrinos"
Author(s) -
L. Ludhová
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
geoscientific instrumentation, methods and data systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2193-0864
pISSN - 2193-0856
DOI - 10.5194/gi-1-221-2012
Subject(s) - neutrino , borexino , physics , solar neutrino , neutrino astronomy , particle physics , astronomy , neutrino oscillation
Geo-neutrinos, electron anti-neutrinos produced in β-decays of naturally occurring radioactive isotopes in the Earth, are a unique direct probe of our planet's interior. After a brief introduction about the Earth (mostly for physicists) and the very basics about the neutrinos and anti-neutrinos (mostly for geologists), I describe the geo-neutrino properties and the main aims of their study. An overview of the latest experimental results obtained by KamLAND and Borexino experiments is provided. A short overview of future perspectives of this new inter-disciplinary field is given