Phys. Rev. D 72, 037302 (2005) [4 pages]Probing the absolute density of the Earth’s core using a vertical neutrino beamReceived 14 February 2005; published 23 August 2005 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 sin22θ13≳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. © 2005 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.037302
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.72.037302
PACS:
14.60.Pq, 93.85.+q
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