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Imaging individual barium atoms in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO

机译:成像固态氙中的单个钡原子,以便在nEXO中进行钡标记

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Double-beta-decay involves the simultaneous conversion of two neutrons into two protons, and the emission of two electrons and two neutrinos; the neutrinoless process, although not yet observed, is thought to involve the emission of the two electrons but no neutrinos. The search for neutrinoless-double-beta-decay probes fundamental properties of neutrinos, including whether or not the neutrino and antineutrino are distinct particles. Double-beta-decay detectors are large and expensive, so it is essential to achieve the highest possible sensitivity with each study, and removing spurious contributions ('background') from detected signals is crucial. In the nEXO neutrinoless-double-beta-decay experiment, the identification, or 'tagging', of the Ba-136 daughter atom resulting from the double-beta decay of Xe-136 provides a technique for discriminating background. The tagging scheme studied here uses a cryogenic probe to trap the barium atom in a solid xenon matrix, where the barium atom is tagged through fluorescence imaging. Here we demonstrate the imaging and counting of individual barium atoms in solid xenon by scanning a focused laser across a solid xenon matrix deposited on a sapphire window. When the laser irradiates an individual atom, the fluorescence persists for about 30 seconds before dropping abruptly to the background level-a clear confirmation of one -atom imaging. Following evaporation of a barium deposit, the residual barium fluorescence is 0.16 per cent or less. Our technique achieves the imaging of single atoms in a solid noble element, establishing the basic principle of barium tagging for nEXO.
机译:双β衰变涉及两个中子同时转化为两个质子,以及两个电子和两个中微子的发射。无中微子过程虽然尚未观察到,但被认为与两个电子的发射有关,但没有中微子。寻找中微子双β衰变探针可探究中微子的基本特性,包括中微子和抗中微子是否是不同的粒子。双β衰变检测器又大又昂贵,因此在每次研究中都必须达到尽可能高的灵敏度,从检测信号中消除杂散影响(“背景”)至关重要。在nEXO无中微子双β衰变实验中,对Xe-136的双β衰变产生的Ba-136子原子的识别或“标记”提供了一种区分背景的技术。此处研究的标记方案使用低温探​​针将钡原子捕获在固态氙气基质中,并通过荧光成像对钡原子进行标记。在这里,我们通过对聚焦激光扫描沉积在蓝宝石窗口上的固态氙基体上的激光进行演示,从而对固态氙中的钡原子进行成像和计数。当激光照射单个原子时,荧光会持续约30秒,然后突然下降至背景水平-清晰确认了一个原子的成像。钡沉积物蒸发后,残留的钡荧光为0.16%或更少。我们的技术实现了固态贵族元素中单个原子的成像,从而确立了nEXO钡标记的基本原理。

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    《Nature》 |2019年第7755期|203-207|共5页
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    Chambers C.; Walton T.; Fairbank D.; Craycraft A.; Yahne D. R.; Todd J.; Iverson A.; Fairbank W.; Alamre A.; Albert J. B.; Anton G.; Arnquist I. J.; Badhrees I.; Barbeau P. S.; Beck D.; Belov V.; Bhatta T.; Bourque F.; Brodsky J. P.; Brown E.; Brunner T.; Burenkov A.; Cao G. F.; Cao L.; Cen W. R.; Charlebois S. A.; Chiu M.; Cleveland B.; Coon M.; Cote M.; Cree W.; Dalmasson J.; Daniels T.; Darroch L.; Daugherty S. J.; Daughhetee J.; Delaquis S.; Mesrobian-Kabakian A. Der; DeVoe R.; Dilling J.; Ding Y. Y.; Dolinski M. J.; Dragone A.; Echevers J.; Fabris L.; Farine J.; Feyzbakhsh S.; Fontaine R.; Fudenberg D.; Gallina G.; Giacomini G.; Gornea R.; Gratta G.; Hansen E. V.; Heffner M.; Hoppe E. W.; Hossl J.; House A.; Hufschmidt P.; Hughes M.; Ito Y.; Jamil A.; Jessiman C.; Jewell M. J.; Jiang X. S.; Karelin A.; Kaufman L. J.; Kodroff D.; Koffas T.; Kravitz S.; Krucken R.; Kuchenkov A.; Kumar K. S.; Lan Y.; Larson A.; Leonard D. S.; Li G.; Li S.; Li Z.; Licciardi C.; Lin Y. H.; Lv P.; MacLellan R.; Michel T.; Mong B.; Moore D. C.; Murray K.; Newby R. J.; Ning Z.; Njoya O.; Nolet F.; Nusair O.; Odgers K.; Odian A.; Oriunno M.; Orrell J. L.; Ortega G. S.; Ostrovskiy I.; Overman C. T.; Parent S.; Piepke A.; Pocar A.; Pratte J. -F.; Qiu D.; Radeka V.; Raguzin E.; Rao T.; Rescia S.; Retiere F.; Robinson A.; Rossignol T.; Rowson P. C.; Roy N.; Saldanha R.; Sangiorgio S.; Schmidt S.; Schneider J.; Schubert A.; Skarpaas K.; Soma A. K.; St-Hilaire G.; Stekhanov V.; Stiegler T.; Sun X. L.; Tarka M.; Tolba T.; Totev T. I.; Tsang R.; Tsang T.; Vachon F.; Veenstra B.; Veeraraghavan V.; Visser G.; Vuilleumier J. -L.; Wagenpfeil M.; Wang Q.; Watkins J.; Weber M.; Wei W.; Wen L. J.; Wichoski U.; Wrede G.; Wu S. X.; Wu W. H.; Xia Q.; Yang L.; Yen Y. -R.; Zeldovich O.; Zhang X.; Zhao J.; Zhou Y.; Ziegler T.;

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    Colorado State Univ, Dept Phys, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA;

    Colorado State Univ, Dept Phys, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA|Prism Computat Sci, Madison, WI USA;

    Colorado State Univ, Dept Phys, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA;

    Colorado State Univ, Dept Phys, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA;

    Colorado State Univ, Dept Phys, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA;

    Colorado State Univ, Dept Phys, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA;

    Colorado State Univ, Dept Phys, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA;

    Colorado State Univ, Dept Phys, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA;

    Carleton Univ, Dept Phys, Ottawa, ON, Canada;

    Indiana Univ, Dept Phys, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA|Indiana Univ, Ctr Explorat Energy & Matter, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA;

    Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, ECAP, Erlangen, Germany;

    Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA;

    Carleton Univ, Dept Phys, Ottawa, ON, Canada|KACST, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;

    Duke Univ, Dept Phys, Durham, NC 27706 USA|Triangle Univ Nucl Lab, Durham, NC 27706 USA;

    Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, 1110 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 USA;

    Kurchatov Inst, Natl Res Ctr, Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow, Russia;

    Univ South Dakota, Dept Phys, Vermillion, SD USA;

    Univ Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada;

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA USA;

    Rensselaer Polytech Inst, Dept Phys Appl Phys & Astron, Troy, NY USA;

    McGill Univ, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ, Canada|TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada;

    Kurchatov Inst, Natl Res Ctr, Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow, Russia;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China|Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Microelect, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Univ Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada;

    Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA;

    Laurentian Univ, Dept Phys, Sudbury, ON, Canada|Sudbury Neutrino Observ Lab SNOLAB, Sudbury, ON, Canada;

    Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, 1110 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 USA;

    Univ Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada;

    Carleton Univ, Dept Phys, Ottawa, ON, Canada;

    Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA;

    Univ N Carolina, Dept Phys & Phys Oceanog, Wilmington, NC USA;

    McGill Univ, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ, Canada;

    Indiana Univ, Dept Phys, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA|Indiana Univ, Ctr Explorat Energy & Matter, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA;

    Univ South Dakota, Dept Phys, Vermillion, SD USA;

    SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA USA;

    Laurentian Univ, Dept Phys, Sudbury, ON, Canada;

    Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA;

    TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Drexel Univ, Dept Phys, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA;

    SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA USA;

    Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, 1110 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 USA;

    Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN USA;

    Laurentian Univ, Dept Phys, Sudbury, ON, Canada;

    Univ Massachusetts, Amherst Ctr Fundamental Interact, Amherst, MA 01003 USA|Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA;

    Univ Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada;

    Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA;

    TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada;

    Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA;

    Carleton Univ, Dept Phys, Ottawa, ON, Canada|TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada;

    Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA;

    Drexel Univ, Dept Phys, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA;

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA USA;

    Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA;

    Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, ECAP, Erlangen, Germany;

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA USA;

    Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, ECAP, Erlangen, Germany;

    Univ Alabama, Dept Phys & Astron, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA;

    McGill Univ, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ, Canada|Japan Atom Energy Agcy, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan;

    Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT USA;

    Carleton Univ, Dept Phys, Ottawa, ON, Canada;

    Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Kurchatov Inst, Natl Res Ctr, Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow, Russia;

    Indiana Univ, Dept Phys, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA|Indiana Univ, Ctr Explorat Energy & Matter, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA|SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA USA;

    Univ Massachusetts, Amherst Ctr Fundamental Interact, Amherst, MA 01003 USA|Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA;

    Carleton Univ, Dept Phys, Ottawa, ON, Canada;

    Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA|Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA USA;

    TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada;

    Kurchatov Inst, Natl Res Ctr, Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow, Russia;

    SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Phys & Astron, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA;

    TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada;

    Univ South Dakota, Dept Phys, Vermillion, SD USA;

    Ctr Underground Phys, Inst Basic Sci, Daejeon, South Korea;

    Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA;

    Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, 1110 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 USA;

    Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT USA;

    Laurentian Univ, Dept Phys, Sudbury, ON, Canada;

    Drexel Univ, Dept Phys, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA|Sudbury Neutrino Observ Lab SNOLAB, Sudbury, ON, Canada;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Univ South Dakota, Dept Phys, Vermillion, SD USA;

    Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, ECAP, Erlangen, Germany;

    SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA USA;

    Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT USA;

    McGill Univ, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ, Canada;

    Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN USA;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Phys & Astron, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA;

    Univ Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada;

    Univ Alabama, Dept Phys & Astron, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA;

    Rensselaer Polytech Inst, Dept Phys Appl Phys & Astron, Troy, NY USA;

    SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA USA;

    SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA USA;

    Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA;

    Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA;

    Univ Alabama, Dept Phys & Astron, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA;

    Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA;

    Univ Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada;

    Univ Alabama, Dept Phys & Astron, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA;

    Univ Massachusetts, Amherst Ctr Fundamental Interact, Amherst, MA 01003 USA|Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA;

    Univ Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada;

    Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Microelect, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA;

    Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA;

    Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA;

    Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA;

    TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada;

    Laurentian Univ, Dept Phys, Sudbury, ON, Canada;

    Univ Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada;

    SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA USA;

    Univ Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada;

    Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA;

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA USA;

    Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, ECAP, Erlangen, Germany;

    Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, ECAP, Erlangen, Germany;

    Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA|Microsoft Corp, Redmond, WA 98052 USA;

    SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA USA;

    Univ Alabama, Dept Phys & Astron, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA;

    Univ Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada;

    Kurchatov Inst, Natl Res Ctr, Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow, Russia;

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA USA;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Univ Massachusetts, Amherst Ctr Fundamental Interact, Amherst, MA 01003 USA|Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    McGill Univ, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ, Canada;

    Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA;

    Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA;

    Univ Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada;

    Carleton Univ, Dept Phys, Ottawa, ON, Canada;

    Univ Alabama, Dept Phys & Astron, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA;

    Indiana Univ, Dept Phys, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA|Indiana Univ, Ctr Explorat Energy & Matter, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA;

    Univ Bern, Albert Einstein Ctr, Lab High Energy Phys, Bern, Switzerland;

    Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, ECAP, Erlangen, Germany;

    Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Microelect, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Carleton Univ, Dept Phys, Ottawa, ON, Canada;

    Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Laurentian Univ, Dept Phys, Sudbury, ON, Canada;

    Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, ECAP, Erlangen, Germany;

    Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT USA;

    Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, 1110 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 USA;

    Drexel Univ, Dept Phys, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA|Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Phys, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA;

    Kurchatov Inst, Natl Res Ctr, Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow, Russia;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China|Tsinghua Univ, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Microelect, Beijing, Peoples R China;

    Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, ECAP, Erlangen, Germany;

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