 YU HUANG
Graduate Student
Department of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
Fax: (301) 405-3597
yuhuang AT umd.edu |
Research Interests
My current research is focused on the distribution of heat producing elements (HPE, mainly U, Th and K) in the earth. A number of authors have proposed models for the abundance and distribution of HPE in the Earth, mainly for the crust and mantle systems, with differences between models being as much as a factor 2. Antineutrinos are emitted during radioactive decay of U and Th and have be detected using a neutrino telescope, which provides a direct measure of the HPE abundance and distribution inside the Earth. I will develop models for the HPE distribution in the crust and mantle and test them against measured geoneutrino (antineutrinos from inside of the Earth) spectra. From these studies we can understand how the decay of these HPE contribute to the heating of the Earth, the driving of Plate tectonics and the dynamics of thermal convection in the Earth's mantle. |
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