Radio frequency and DC high voltage breakdown of high pressure helium, argon, and xenon

Woodruff, K.; Baeza-Rubio, J.; Huerta, D.; Jones, B.J.P.; McDonald, A.D.; Norman, L.; Nygren, D.R.; Adams, C.; Álvarez, V.; Arazi, L.; Arnquist, I.J.; Azevedo, C.D.R; Bailey, K.; Ballester, F.; Benlloch-Rodríguez, J.M.; Borges, F.I.G.M.; Byrnes, N.K.; Cárcel, S.; Carrión, J.V.; Cebrián, S.; Church, E.; Conde, C.A.N.; Contreras, T.; Denisenko, A.A.; Díaz, G.; Díaz, J.; Diesburg, M.; Escada, J.; Esteve, R.; Felkai, R.; Fernandes, A.F.M.; Fernandes, L.M.P.; Ferrario, P.; Ferreira, A.L.; Jr., F.W. Foss; Freitas, E.D.C.; Generowicz, J.; Goldschmidt, A.; González-Díaz, D.; Gómez-Cadenas, J.J.; Ghosh, S.; Guenette, R.; Gutiérrez, R.M.; Haefner, J.; Hafidi, K.; Hauptman, J.; Henriques, C.A.O.; Morata, J.A. Hernando; Herrero, P.; Herrero, V.; Johnston, S.; Kekic, M.; Labarga, L.; Laing, A.; Lebrun, P.; López-March, N.; Losada, M.; Mano, R.D.P.; Martín-Albo, J.; Martínez, A.; Martínez-Lema, G.; Monrabal, F.; Monteiro, C.M.B.; Mora, F.J.; Vidal, J. Muñoz; Novella, P.; Palmeiro, B.; Para, A.; Pérez, J.; Querol, M.; Renner, J.; Repond, J.; Riordan, S.; Ripoll, L.; Garcia, Y. Rodriguez; Rodríguez, J.; Rogers, L.; Romeo, B.; Romo-Luque, C.; Santos, F.P.; Santos, J.M.F. dos; Simón, A.; Sofka, C.; Sorel, M.; Stiegler, T.; Thapa, P.; Toledo, J.F.; Torrent, J.; Usón, A.; Veloso, J.F.C.A.; Webb, R.; Weiss-Babai, R.; White, J.T.; Yahlali, N.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/15/04/p04022

Title: Radio frequency and DC high voltage breakdown of high pressure helium, argon, and xenon

Journal Article · Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/04/p04022· OSTI ID:1638682

Woodruff, K.; Baeza-Rubio, J.; Huerta, D.; Jones, B.J.P.; McDonald, A.D.; Norman, L.; Nygren, D.R.; Adams, C.; Álvarez, V.; Arazi, L.; Arnquist, I.J.; Azevedo, C.D.R; Bailey, K.; Ballester, F.; Benlloch-Rodríguez, J.M.; Borges, F.I.G.M.; Byrnes, N.K.; Cárcel, S.; Carrión, J.V.; Cebrián, S. more »

Motivated by the possibility of guiding daughter ions from double beta decay events to single-ion sensors for barium tagging, the NEXT collaboration is developing a program of R&D to test radio frequency (RF) carpets for ion transport in high pressure xenon gas. Specifically, this would require carpet functionality in regimes at higher pressures than have been previously reported, implying correspondingly larger electrode voltages than in existing systems. This mode of operation appears plausible for contemporary RF-carpet geometries due to the higher predicted breakdown strength of high pressure xenon relative to low pressure helium, the working medium in most existing RF carpet devices. In this paper we present the first measurements of the high voltage dielectric strength of xenon gas at high pressure and at the relevant RF frequencies for ion transport (in the 10 MHz range), as well as new DC and RF measurements of the dielectric strengths of high pressure argon and helium gases at small gap sizes. We find breakdown voltages that are compatible with stable RF carpet operation given the gas, pressure, voltage, materials and geometry of interest.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Contributing Organization:: NEXT Collaboration

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

OSTI ID:: 1638682

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1765833; OSTI ID: 1908636

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-20-325-ND-SCD; arXiv:1909.05860; oai:inspirehep.net:1753958; TRN: US2201807

Journal Information:: Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 15, Issue 04; ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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