# Neutrino Geoscience 2019 Prague

21-23 October 2019
Conference center of the Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies
Europe/Prague timezone

## Reference Models for Lithospheric Geoneutrino Signal

22 Oct 2019, 16:00
25m
Room 319 (3rd floor) (Conference center of the Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies)

### Room 319 (3rd floor)

#### Conference center of the Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies

Novotného lávka 5, Prague 1, Czech Republic

### Speaker

William McDonough (University of Maryland)

### Description

Geophysical models are combined with geochemical datasets to predict the geoneutrino signal at current and future geoneutrino detectors. We propagated uncertainties, both chemical and physical, through Monte Carlo methods. Estimated total signal uncertainties are on the order of $\sim$20%, proportionally with geophysical and geochemical inputs contributing $\sim$30% and $\sim$70%, respectively. Estimated signals, calculated using CRUST2.0, CRUST1.0, and LITHO1.0, are within physical uncertainty of each other, suggesting that the choice of underlying geophysical model will not change results significantly, but will shift the central value by up to $\sim$15%, depending on the crustal model and detector location. Similarly, we see no significant difference between calculated layer abundances and bulk-crustal heat production when using these geophysical models. The bulk crustal heat production is calculated as $7 \pm2$ terrawatts, which includes an increase of 1~TW in uncertainty relative to previous studies.

### Primary authors

William McDonough (University of Maryland) Dr Scott A. Wipperfurth (Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA) Ondřej Šrámek (Charles University)