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An apparatus to manipulate and identify individual Ba ions from bulk liquid Xe.

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Twelker, K; Kravitz, S; Montero Díez, M; Gratta, G; Fairbank, W; Albert, JB; Auty, DJ; Barbeau, PS; Beck, D; Benitez-Medina, C; Breidenbach, M ...
Published in: The Review of scientific instruments
September 2014

We describe a system to transport and identify barium ions produced in liquid xenon, as part of R&D towards the second phase of a double beta decay experiment, nEXO. The goal is to identify the Ba ion resulting from an extremely rare nuclear decay of the isotope (136)Xe, hence providing a confirmation of the occurrence of the decay. This is achieved through Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy (RIS). In the test setup described here, Ba ions can be produced in liquid xenon or vacuum and collected on a clean substrate. This substrate is then removed to an analysis chamber under vacuum, where laser-induced thermal desorption and RIS are used with time-of-flight mass spectroscopy for positive identification of the barium decay product.

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The Review of scientific instruments

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1089-7623

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0034-6748

Publication Date

September 2014

Volume

85

Issue

9

Start / End Page

095114

Related Subject Headings

  • Applied Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 02 Physical Sciences
 

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Twelker, K., Kravitz, S., Montero Díez, M., Gratta, G., Fairbank, W., Albert, J. B., … Zhao, Y. B. (2014). An apparatus to manipulate and identify individual Ba ions from bulk liquid Xe. The Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(9), 095114. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4895646
Twelker, K., S. Kravitz, M. Montero Díez, G. Gratta, W. Fairbank, J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty, et al. “An apparatus to manipulate and identify individual Ba ions from bulk liquid Xe.The Review of Scientific Instruments 85, no. 9 (September 2014): 095114. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4895646.
Twelker K, Kravitz S, Montero Díez M, Gratta G, Fairbank W, Albert JB, et al. An apparatus to manipulate and identify individual Ba ions from bulk liquid Xe. The Review of scientific instruments. 2014 Sep;85(9):095114.
Twelker, K., et al. “An apparatus to manipulate and identify individual Ba ions from bulk liquid Xe.The Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 85, no. 9, Sept. 2014, p. 095114. Epmc, doi:10.1063/1.4895646.
Twelker K, Kravitz S, Montero Díez M, Gratta G, Fairbank W, Albert JB, Auty DJ, Barbeau PS, Beck D, Benitez-Medina C, Breidenbach M, Brunner T, Cao GF, Chambers C, Cleveland B, Coon M, Craycraft A, Daniels T, Daugherty SJ, Davis CG, DeVoe R, Delaquis S, Didberidze T, Dilling J, Dolinski MJ, Dunford M, Fabris L, Farine J, Feldmeier W, Fierlinger P, Fudenberg D, Giroux G, Gornea R, Graham K, Hall C, Heffner M, Herrin S, Hughes M, Jiang XS, Johnson TN, Johnston S, Karelin A, Kaufman LJ, Killick R, Koffas T, Krücken R, Kuchenkov A, Kumar KS, Leonard DS, Leonard F, Licciardi C, Lin YH, MacLellan R, Marino MG, Mong B, Moore D, Odian A, Ostrovskiy I, Ouellet C, Piepke A, Pocar A, Retiere F, Rowson PC, Rozo MP, Schubert A, Sinclair D, Smith E, Stekhanov V, Tarka M, Tolba T, Tosi D, Vuilleumier J-L, Walton J, Walton T, Weber M, Wen LJ, Wichoski U, Yang L, Yen Y-R, Zhao YB. An apparatus to manipulate and identify individual Ba ions from bulk liquid Xe. The Review of scientific instruments. 2014 Sep;85(9):095114.

Published In

The Review of scientific instruments

DOI

EISSN

1089-7623

ISSN

0034-6748

Publication Date

September 2014

Volume

85

Issue

9

Start / End Page

095114

Related Subject Headings

  • Applied Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 02 Physical Sciences