Earth's neutrino particle was first observed

In a report published in the latest issue of the issue of the journal Physics, the Italian scientists said that they had for the first time observed Earth neutrinos (antiparticles coming from the Earth's core) in the laboratory.

Bellini, in charge of the laboratory, said scientists had observed neutrinos from a depth of several thousand kilometers below the Earth's crust using a Borexino probe at depths of more than 1,000 meters at the Gray Sassou National Laboratory. of the Italian Nuclear Research Institute.

Based on the data obtained, scientists can learn more about the chemical composition inside the Earth, thereby more accurately predicting earthquake and volcanic events.

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Neutrino particles The Earth is one of the most fundamental particles that constitutes the natural world. It has no weight and does not carry electricity, so in the process the radioactive materials inside the Earth's coating decay into more stable materials will release neutrinos.

Scientists believe that thermal energy due to decay of substances such as uranium and thorium accounts for more than 50% of the total energy of the entire Earth, but scientists have yet to determine their specific proportions.

Geothermal will cause the Earth's crust to produce convective gas, and it is this convection that will affect the volcanic activity and movement of the Earth's plates.

Therefore, the measurement of the number of neutrinos and the energy that it releases in the Earth's core and Earth's coating can help scientists determine the ratio of different radioactive materials and thermal energy. they produce.

According to scientists, the latest findings made by Borexino probes will lay the groundwork for measuring the depth of the Earth's chemical properties.

After combining data obtained from Borexino equipment and data from other laboratories around the world, scientists finally probed the relative quality of radioactive material located at the core. The Earth, from there, explores more deeply the information about the level of thermal energy produced by the Earth's mantle, the small and large in the convection activity of the volcano and the movement of the Earth's crust.