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Abstract
Aspects of the theory of neutrino oscillation tomography of the Earth will be considered. We will discuss the sensitivity of the method to deviations of the Earth i) outer core (OC) density, ii) inner core (IC) density, iii) total core density, and iv) mantle density, from their respective PREM densities using the specific case of the ORCA detector in the Mideterranean Sea. We will make also general comments on methods, problems and goals of Neutrino Oscillation Tomography of the Earth.
Biography
Prof. Petcov completed his PhD at Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, Dubna, USSR, in 1977 and became a Professor at SISSA, Trieste, Italy, in 1994. Prof. Petcov has made notable contributions in the fields of neutrino, particle and astrophysicle physics (such as the Vector Boson Fusion (VBF) mechanism of Higgs boson production (1979); the existence of Majorana CP-violating phases in the lepton mixing matrix (1980); the novel method of neutrino mass ordering determination using reactor neutrinos, on which the JUNO experiment is based (2001); a novel mechanism of resonance-like enhancement of the Extra open brace or missing close bracetransitions of neutrinos crossing the Earth core (NOLR, 1998)), used in neutrino tomography of the Earth). Prof. Petcov has won the Pontecorvo Prize for the year 2010 for fundamental contribution to the investigation of neutrino propagation in matter, μ→e+γ, μ→3e processes and Majorana properties of neutrinos (that is awarded by the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia).