Quest for the Nuclear Georeactor

2004/04/08 by R. J. de Meijer, E. R. van der Graaf, K. P. Jungmann
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.geo-ph

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published as Nucl.Phys.News 14 (2004) 20-25 · accepted for Nuclear Physics News, 2004

arxiv created 2004/04/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

The paper focuses on a proposal for an underground antineutrino antenna to further develop the dectection of these particles as a tool to map the distribution of radiogenic heat sources, such as the natural radionuclides and a hypothetical nuclear georeactor.

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