High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, abstract hep-ph/0502097From: Walter Winter [view email]
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:20:25 GMT (302kb)
Probing the absolute density of the Earth's core using a neutrino
beamAuthors: Walter
WinterComments: 4 pages, 4 figures (color
online) Subj-class: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
Geophysics
We demonstrate that one could measure the absolute matter density
of the Earth's core with a vertical neutrino factory baseline at the per cent
level for $\sin^2 2 \theta_{13} \gtrsim 0.01$, where we include all
correlations with the oscillation parameters in the analysis. We discuss the
geographical feasibility of such an approach, and illustrate how the results
change as a function of the detector location. We point out the
complementarity to geophysics.
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