HR: 12:05h
AN: V32B-08    [Abstracts]
TI: Experimental investigation of geologically produced antineutrinos with KamLAND
AU: * Tolich, N
EM: nrtolich@lbl.gov
AF: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS 50R5008, Berkeley, CA 94720 United States
AB: The heat produced by radioactive decays in the Earth's mantle is the driving force for mantle convection, which is responsible for terrestrial phenomena such as earthquakes and plate tectonics. As well as heat these radioactive decays produce electron antineutrinos which can be observed with the Kamioka liquid scintillator antineutrino detector (KamLAND). KamLAND can detect electron antineutrinos from the ²³⁸U and ²³²Th decay chains which Earth composition models predict are responsible for approximately 84% of the 19TW of radiogenic heat. Therefore the observation of geoneutrinos will allow these Earth composition models to be directly tested for the first time. I will present results from a search for geoneutrinos with KamLAND.
DE: 1011 Thermodynamics (0766, 3611, 8411)
DE: 1040 Radiogenic isotope geochemistry
DE: 3611 Thermodynamics (0766, 1011, 8411)
DE: 8411 Thermodynamics (0766, 1011, 3611)
SC: Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology [V]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005