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Over view of Particle Geophysics

Over view of Particle Geophysics. Elementary Particles Emerging From Inside the Earth Hiroyuki Tanaka. What kind of particles are emerging from inside the solid earth?. A. Muons. How many muon s are emerging from inside the solid earth?. Small scale detector.

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Over view of Particle Geophysics

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  1. Overview ofParticle Geophysics Elementary Particles Emerging From Inside the Earth Hiroyuki Tanaka

  2. What kind of particles are emerging from inside the solidearth? A. Muons

  3. How many muonsare emerging from inside the solid earth? Small scale detector Large scale detector neutrino-induced muons atmospheric muons volcano earth

  4. AtmosphericMuons

  5. Muon Range

  6. MuonsEmerging From Inside Volcano-Scale Objects (Atmospheric Muons)

  7. Muography Detector muon Pb+SUS (160 g/cm2) Pb+SUS (160 g/cm2) Pb+SUS (160 g/cm2) Pb+SUS (160 g/cm2) Pb+SUS (160 g/cm2)

  8. Muographic Images • 330 • 264 • 198 • 132 • 66 • 0 • below 2.20 2.36 above 2.52 • density (g/cm3) • reconstructed from the muonsrecorded in the nuclear emulsion • scintillation detector was accessed from a remote PC • eruption • on Feb 2, 2009 • elevation angle (mrad) • 0 156 312 468 624 • azimuth angle (mrad) [Tanaka, Uchida, Tanaka, Takeo et al, GRL, 2009] [Tanaka, Nakano, Niwa, Takeo et al, EPSL, 2007]

  9. 40 • 30 • 20 • 10 • below 1.40 1.80 above 2.20 • density (g/cm3) • elevation angle (deg) • 10 20 30 40 50 60 • azimuth angle (deg) • 1000 • 800 • 600 • 400 • 200 • 18 • 16 • 14 • below 0.40 1.50 above 2.60 • density (g/cm3) • below 1.75 1.86 above 1.95 • density (g/cm3) • elevation angle (deg) [Lesparre andGibert et al., GJI, 2012] [Tanaka, Shinohara et al., GRL, 2009] • elevation (m) • below 1.90 2.40 above 2.90 • density (g/cm3) • 400 • 230 • 60 • 0 5 10 15 20 25 • azimuth angle (deg) • elevation angle (mrad) • 0 1000 2000 • azimuth distance (m) • 0 312 624 936 • azimuth angle (mrad) [Tanaka, Oshima et al., GRL, 2007] [SaracinoandCarloganu, Physics Today, 2012]

  10. What kind of particles are emerging from inside the solid earth? B. Neutrino-Induced Muons

  11. MuonsEmerging From Inside Planetary Scale Objects(Neutrino-Induced Muons) [Gonzalez-Garcia, Halzen, Maltoniand Tanaka, PRL, 2008]

  12. Seismological Tomography

  13. IceCube Detector

  14. Muon Neutrino Survival Probability Muon neutrino survival probabilty 1 TeV 10 TeV 100 TeV 1 PeV [Gonzalez-Garcia, Halzen, Maltoni and Tanaka, PRL, 2008] Zenith angle (degrees)

  15. IceCube Preliminary Result [Hoshina, Taketa, Tanaka and IceCube Collaboration, MNR2013, 2013]

  16. Matter Effects and Mass Hierarchy

  17. [Rottand IceCube Collaboration, MNR2013, 2013]

  18. A/Z Effect On Neutrino Oscillation [Hoshina, Taketa, Tanaka and IceCube Collaboration, MNR2013, 2013]

  19. Uncertainties Coming From Oscillation Perameters [Hoshina, Taketa, Tanaka and IceCube Collaboration, MNR2013, 2013]

  20. Anticipated Improvements In the Near Future [Hoshina, Taketa, Tanaka and IceCube Collaboration, MNR2013, 2013]

  21. Survival Probability of Electron Neutrinos [Hoshina, Taketa, Tanaka and IceCube Collaboration, MNR2013, 2013]

  22. PINGU Detector [Rottand IceCube Collaboration, MNR2013, 2013]

  23. Ψμ (light)-Ψμ (STD) 0.15 0.12 0.09 0.06 0.03 0 -0.03 -0.06 -0.09 -0.12 -0.15 [Hoshina, Taketa, Tanaka and IceCube Collaboration, MNR2013, 2013]

  24. What kind of particles are emerging from inside the solid earth? C. Geo-neutrinos

  25. Neutrinos Emerging From Inside the Solid Earth(Geo-Neutrinos) [McDonough, Dye and Learned, Physics Today, 2012]

  26. More detail will be given in the next talk…

  27. Conclusion • Elementary particles emerging from inside the solid earth can be utilized as a completely new probe to explore the interior structure of the earth and geological targets.

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