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

Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2014
Authors
Twelker, K.
Kravitz, S.
Diez, M. M.
Gratta, G.
Fairbank, W.
Albert, J. B.
Auty, D. J.
Barbeau, P. S.
Beck, D.
Benitez-Medina, C.
Breidenbach, M.
Brunner, T.
Cao, G. F.
Chambers, C.
Cleveland, B.
Coon, M.
Craycraft, A.
Daniels, T.
Daugherty, S. J.
Davis, C. G.
DeVoe, R.
Delaquis, S.
Didberidze, T.
Dilling, J.
Dolinski, M. J.
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, X. S.
Johnson, T. N.
Johnston, S.
Karelin, A.
Kaufman, L. J.
Killick, R.
Koffas, T.
Kruecken, R.
Kuchenkov, A.
Kumar, K. S.
Leonard, D. S.
Leonard, F.
Licciardi, C.
Lin, Y. H.
MacLellan, R.
Marino, M. G.
Mong, B.
Moore, D.
Odian, A.
Ostrovskiy, I.
Ouellet, C.
Piepke, A.
Pocar, A.
Retiere, F.
Rowson, P. C.
Rozo, M. P.
Schubert, A.
Sinclair, D.
Smith, E.
Stekhanov, V.
Tarka, M.
Tolba, T.
Tosi, D.
Vuilleumier, J. L.
Walton, J.
Walton, T.
Weber, M.
Wen, L. J.
Wichoski, U.
Yang, L.
Yen, Y. R.
Zhao, Y. B.
Name of Publication
Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume
85
Issue
9
Date Published
Sep
Short Title
An apparatus to manipulate and identify individual Ba ions from bulk liquid Xe
Accession Number
WOS:000342910500080
ISBN Number
0034-6748
Abstract

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 Xe-136, 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. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.