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

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Double-β-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-β-decay probes fundamental properties of neutrinos, including whether or not the neutrino and antineutrino are distinct particles. Double-β-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.

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Chambers, C. ^[1]

Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States). et al.

Publication Date:: 2019-04-29

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)

Contributing Org.:: nEXO Collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1527109

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1529888

Report Number(s):: BNL-211809-2019-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0028-0836

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC0012704

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nature (London)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Nature (London); Journal Volume: 569; Journal Issue: 7755; Journal ID: ISSN 0028-0836

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

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  title        = {Imaging individual barium atoms in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO},

  author       = {Chambers, C.},

  abstractNote = {Double-β-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-β-decay probes fundamental properties of neutrinos, including whether or not the neutrino and antineutrino are distinct particles. Double-β-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.},

  doi          = {10.1038/s41586-019-1169-4},

  journal      = {Nature (London)},

  number       = 7755,

  volume       = 569,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {4}

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