Speaker
Max Dornfest
(University of Hawaii at Manoa - Physics and Astronomy Dept.)
Description
Understanding the composition and homogeneity of the Earth's core-mantle boundary (CMB) is crucial to understanding the radiogenic heat of the Earth and the science of planetary formation. This talk discusses our work at the University of Hawai'i (UH) in collaboration with Tohoku University on an neutrino ocean bottom detector (OBD) with the goal of observing the CMD.
I will specifically focus on design constraints and ideas, pertaining to our risk assessment white-paper and on-going work with Station Aloha, UH's ocean bottom experiment site 100km north of Oahu, 5 km below the surface.
Author
Max Dornfest
(University of Hawaii at Manoa - Physics and Astronomy Dept.)
Co-authors
Brian Crow
(University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Hiroko Watanabe
(Tohoku University)
Jackson Seligman
(University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Jeffrey Yepez
(University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Liz Kneale
(University of Sheffield)
Nathan Sibert
(University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Ono Takanobu
(Tohoku University)
Steve Dye
William F. McDonough
Zhihao Xu
(Tohoku University)
