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

Chambers, C.

doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1169-4

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

Authors:

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); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Contributing Org.:: nEXO Collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1527109

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1529888; OSTI ID: 1550909; OSTI ID: 1558861

Report Number(s):: BNL-211809-2019-JAAM; LLNL-JRNL-759458
Journal ID: ISSN 0028-0836

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC0012704; AC02-05CH11231; AC52-07NA27344

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; 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; Physics

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