An RF-only ion-funnel for extraction from high-pressure gases

T. Brunner; D. Fudenberg; V. Varentsov; A. Sabourov; G. Gratta; J. Dilling; R. Devoe; D. Sinclair; W. Fairbank; J. B. Albert; D. J. Auty; P. S. Barbeau; D. Beck; C. Benitez-Medina; M. Breidenbach; G. F. Cao; C. Chambers; B. Cleveland; M. Coon; A. Craycraft; T. Daniels; S. J. Daugherty; T. Didberidze; M. J. Dolinski; M. Dunford; L. Fabris; J. Farine; W. Feldmeier; P. Fierlinger; R. Gornea; K. Graham; M. Heffner; M. Hughes; M. Jewell; X. S. Jiang; T. N. Johnson; S. Johnston; A. Karelin; L. J. Kaufman; R. Killick; T. Koffas; S. Kravitz; R. Krücken; A. Kuchenkov; K. S. Kumar; D. S. Leonard; F. Leonard; C. Licciardi; Y. H. Lin; J. Ling; R. Maclellan; M. G. Marino; B. Mong; D. Moore; A. Odian; I. Ostrovskiy; C. Ouellet; A. Piepke; A. Pocar; F. Retiere; P. C. Rowson; M. P. Rozo; A. Schubert; E. Smith; V. Stekhanov; M. Tarka; T. Tolba; D. Tosi; K. Twelker; J. L. Vuilleumier; J. Walton; T. Walton; M. Weber; L. J. Wen; U. Wichoski; L. Yang; Y. R. Yen

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An RF-only ion-funnel for extraction from high-pressure gases

T. Brunner, D. Fudenberg, V. Varentsov, A. Sabourov, G. Gratta, J. Dilling, R. Devoe, D. Sinclair, W. Fairbank, J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, C. Benitez-Medina, M. Breidenbach, G. F. Cao, C. Chambers, B. Cleveland, M. Coon, A. CraycraftT. Daniels, S. J. Daugherty, T. Didberidze, M. J. Dolinski, M. Dunford, L. Fabris, J. Farine, W. Feldmeier, P. Fierlinger, R. Gornea, K. Graham, M. Heffner, M. Hughes, M. Jewell, X. S. Jiang, T. N. Johnson, S. Johnston, A. Karelin, L. J. Kaufman, R. Killick, T. Koffas, S. Kravitz, R. Krücken, A. Kuchenkov, K. S. Kumar, D. S. Leonard, F. Leonard, C. Licciardi, Y. H. Lin, J. Ling, R. Maclellan, M. G. Marino, B. Mong, D. Moore, A. Odian, I. Ostrovskiy, C. Ouellet, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, F. Retiere, P. C. Rowson, M. P. Rozo, A. Schubert, E. Smith, V. Stekhanov, M. Tarka, T. Tolba, D. Tosi, K. Twelker, J. L. Vuilleumier, J. Walton, T. Walton, M. Weber, L. J. Wen, U. Wichoski, L. Yang, Y. R. Yen

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Abstract

An RF ion-funnel technique has been developed to extract ions from a high-pressure (10 bar) noble-gas environment into a vacuum (10^-6 mbar). Detailed simulations have been performed and a prototype has been developed for the purpose of extracting ¹³⁶Ba ions from Xe gas with high efficiency. With this prototype, ions have been extracted for the first time from high-pressure xenon gas and argon gas. Systematic studies have been carried out and compared to simulations. This demonstration of extraction of ions, with mass comparable to that of the gas generating the high-pressure, has applications to Ba tagging from a Xe-gas time-projection chamber for double-beta decay, as well as to the general problem of recovering trace amounts of an ionized element in a heavy (m > 40 u) carrier gas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	110-120
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
Volume	379
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2015.01.003
State	Published - Mar 15 2015

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This work was supported in the US by NSF grant PHY-0918469 and in the Russian Federation by grant RFBR 14-22-03028 .

Funders	Funder number
National Science Foundation	PHY-0918469, RFBR 14-22-03028
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences	0918469

Keywords

Ba tagging
Gas dynamic and ion trajectory simulations
Gas jet Xe double-beta decay
Ion transport
RF-funnel

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Brunner, T., Fudenberg, D., Varentsov, V., Sabourov, A., Gratta, G., Dilling, J., Devoe, R., Sinclair, D., Fairbank, W., Albert, J. B., Auty, D. J., Barbeau, P. S., Beck, D., Benitez-Medina, C., Breidenbach, M., Cao, G. F., Chambers, C., Cleveland, B., Coon, M., ... Yen, Y. R. (2015). An RF-only ion-funnel for extraction from high-pressure gases. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 379, 110-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2015.01.003

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