Geo-neutrinos and Earth’s interior
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Gianni Fiorentini, 2, ∗ Marcello Lissia, 4, † and Fabio Mantovani 6, 2, ‡ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Cagliari, I-09042 Monserrato, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Cagliari, I-09042 Monserrato, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy Centro di GeoTecnologie CGT,I-52027 San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy
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