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We regard the possibility of detecting the antineutrino flux producing by the 40K placing inside the Earth. Thermal flux of the Earth could be better understood with observing such a flux. Lower and upper limitations on the 40K antineutrino flux are presented.
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Report at the International Workshop on Prospects of Particle Physics: Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Valday, January 27–February 2, 2014.
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Sinev, V.V., Bezrukov, L.B., Litvinovich, E.A. et al. Looking for antineutrino flux from 40K with large liquid scintillator detector. Phys. Part. Nuclei 46, 186–189 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779615020173
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