A compact dication source for Ba2+ tagging and heavy metal ion sensor development

Navarro, K. E.; Baeza-Rubio, J.; Boyd, M.; Foss, F. W.; Giri, S.; Jones, B. J.P.; Miller, R. L.; Nygren, D. R.; Samaniego, F. J.; Stogsdill, K.; Tiscareno, M. R.; Adams, C.; Almazán, H.; Álvarez, V.; Aparicio, B.; Aranburu, A. I.; Arazi, L.; Arnquist, I. J.; Ayet, S.; Azevedo, C. D.R.; Bailey, K.; Ballester, F.; del Barrio-Torregrosa, M.; Bayo, A.; Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M.; Borges, F. I.G.M.; Bounasser, S.; Byrnes, N.; Cárcel, S.; Carrión, J. V.; Cebrián, S.; Church, E.; Cid, L.; Conde, C. A.N.; Contreras, T.; Cossío, F. P.; Dey, E.; Díaz, G.; Dickel, T.; Elorza, M.; Escada, J.; Esteve, R.; Fahs, A.; Felkai, R.; Fernandes, L. M.P.; Ferrario, P.; Ferreira, A. L.; Freitas, E. D.C.; Freixa, Z.; Generowicz, J.; Goldschmidt, A.; Gómez-Cadenas, J. J.; González, R.; Grocott, J.; Guenette, R.; Haefner, J.; Hafidi, K.; Hauptman, J.; Henriques, C. A.O.; Hernando Morata, J. A.; Herrero-Gómez, P.; Herrero, V.; Hervés Carrete, C.; Ho, J.; Ho, P.; Ifergan, Y.; Labarga, L.; Larizgoitia, L.; Lebrun, P.; Lopez, F.; Lopez Gutierrez, D.; López-March, N.; Madigan, R.; Mano, R. D.P.; Marques, A. P.; Martín-Albo, J.; Martínez-Lema, G.; Martínez-Vara, M.; Meziani, Z. E.; Mistry, K.; Monrabal, F.; Monteiro, C. M.B.; Mora, F. J.; Muñoz Vidal, J.; Novella, P.; Nuñez, A.; Oblak, E.; Odriozola-Gimeno, M.; Palacio, J.; Palmeiro, B.; Para, A.; Parmaksiz, I.; Pelegrin, J.; Pérez Maneiro, M.; Querol, M.; Redwine, A. B.; Renner, J.; Rivilla, I.; Rodríguez, J.; Rogero, C.; Rogers, L.; Romeo, B.; Romo-Luque, C.; Santos, F. P.; dos Santos, J. M.F.; Simón, A.; Soleti, S. R.; Sorel, M.; Stanford, C.; Teixeira, J. M.R.; Toledo, J. F.; Torrent, J.; Usón, A.; Veloso, J. F.C.A.; Vuong, T. T.; Waiton, J.; White, J. T.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/18/07/p07044

Title: A compact dication source for Ba²⁺ tagging and heavy metal ion sensor development

Journal Article · 27 July 2023 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/18/07/p07044 · OSTI ID:2216899

Navarro, K. E.; Baeza-Rubio, J.; Boyd, M.; Foss, F. W.; Giri, S.; Jones, B. J.P.; Miller, R. L.; Nygren, D. R.; Samaniego, F. J.; Stogsdill, K.; Tiscareno, M. R.; Adams, C.; Almazán, H.; Álvarez, V.; Aparicio, B.; Aranburu, A. I.; Arazi, L.; Arnquist, I. J.; Ayet, S.; Azevedo, C. D.R. more »

Here, we present a tunable metal ion beam that delivers controllable ion currents in the picoamp range for testing of dry-phase ion sensors. Ion beams are formed by sequential atomic evaporation and single or multiple electron impact ionization, followed by acceleration into a sensing region. Controllability of the ionic charge state is achieved through tuning of electrode potentials that influence the retention time in the ionization region. Barium, lead, and cadmium samples have been used to test the system, with ion currents identified and quantified using a quadrupole mass analyzer. Realization of a clean Ba²⁺ ion beam within a bench-top system represents an important technical advance toward the development and characterization of barium tagging systems for neutrinoless double beta decay searches in xenon gas. This system also provides a testbed for investigation of novel ion sensing methodologies for environmental assay applications, with dication beams of Pb²⁺ and Cd²⁺ also demonstrated for this purpose.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Contributing Organization:: NEXT Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; SC0019054; SC0019223; SC0022359; AC02-07CH11359; SC0010813

OSTI ID:: 2216899

Journal Information:: Journal of Instrumentation, Journal Name: Journal of Instrumentation Journal Issue: 07 Vol. 18; ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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