Geoneutrinos in Large Direct Detection Experiments

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Geoneutrinos can provide a unique insight into Earth's interior, its central engine and its formation history.

• We study the detection of geoneutrinos in large direct detection experiments, which has been considered non-feasible.
• We compute the geoneutrino-induced electron and nuclear recoil spectra in different materials, under several optimistic assumptions.
• We identify germanium as the most promising target element due to the low nuclear recoil energy threshold that could be achieved.