According to this article, a project is being planned where neutrinos will be used to map out the interior structure of our planet. The result will be something like an x-ray image, with dense and less dense areas mapped out with precision. Much more detailed than what is possible with seismic data alone.
Neutrinos move in straight lines
Unlike seismic waves, neutrinos move in straight lines that do not deflect unless they hit something. They don't bend or curve off when going from one density to another. Every neutrino will either go straight through the planet or hit something. The result is digital in its precision. Areas with high density will show up dark, and low density areas will show up light.
Method and setup
What is required for a complete image is a neutrino emitter on one side of our planet, and a detector on the other. By moving the emitter and detector around, we get an increasingly detailed picture, until we get a complete 3D image. The more we move the setup around, the more precise the image.
What's expected
The expected result is a confirmation of the consensus model, with a super-dense core and several layers of decreasing density. But this model suffers from several weaknesses, including a circular argument where assumed densities and layers are incorporated in the interpretation of seismic data, thus producing confirmation of the assumptions.
But with neutrino imaging, this circular logic will be broken. So, it will be hard to deny any deviation from the consensus model.
What we might find
The non-consensus view is that our planet is hollow, and that its crust is its densest part. That's the opposite of what consensus science holds. So, it will be remarkable if this turns out to be true. Not least because this will upset our understanding of gravity. Because currently held dogma on gravity requires a super-dense core. So, if we discover a hollow rather than a super-dense core, we will require a new model.
What everybody expects to find
As for the two blobs mentioned in the article, everybody expects to have them confirmed. Conventional thinking explain them as a result of a collision with another planet in the early days of Earth's formation. Alternatively, they came about as a consequence of how our planet was formed. However, a mere confirmation of their existence wont tell us why they exist.
What the abundance of neutrinos tells us
According to the article, a 100 trillion detectable neutrinos pass through us every second. So, we can safely assume that the total number is much higher.
This gives us further reasons to believe that neutrinos are extremely abundant. So abundant, in fact, that we can talk about an aether consisting of a mix of neutrinos and low energy photons, the other abundant radiation that we find everywhere around us.
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