Design of a multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer for barium-tagging

with the nEXO collaboration

doi:10.1007/s10751-019-1632-5

Design of a multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer for barium-tagging

with the nEXO collaboration

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Abstract

The search for neutrinoless double beta decay requires increasingly advanced methods of background reduction. A bold approach to solving this problem, in experiments using ¹³⁶Xe, is to extract and identify the daughter ¹³⁶Ba ion produced by double beta decay. Tagging events in this manner allows for a virtually background-free verification of double beta decay signals. Various approaches are being pursued by the nEXO collaboration to achieve Ba-tagging. A Multi-Reflection Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (MR TOF) has been designed and optimized as one of the ion-identification methods, where it will investigate the ion-extraction efficiency, as well as provide further identification of the Ba isotope. The envisioned mode of operation allows the MR TOF to achieve a quickly adjustable mass-range and resolution, with simulations suggesting that a mass-resolving power of 140,000 is within reach. This work will discuss the MR TOF design and the methods employed to simulate and optimize it.

Original language	English
Article number	97
Journal	Hyperfine Interactions
Volume	240
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-019-1632-5
State	Published - Dec 1 2019
Externally published	Yes

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We thank Timo Dickel, at GSI, and T. Eronen, at the University of Jyväskylä, for helpful discussions concerning the design of the MRTOF. We also thank Maxime Brodeur and Brad Schulz for supplying information and designs of the MR TOF at the University of Notre Dame. We would also like to thank the members of the nEXO collaboration, for their support and guidance. A special thanks also to Thanh Nguyen, for useful feedback on this manuscript. This work has been supported by NSERC, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and the McDonald Institute (CFREF) in Canada. nEXO is supported by the Offices of Nuclear and High Energy Physics within DOE’s Office of Science, and NSF in the United States; by NSERC, CFI, FRQNT, NRC, and the McDonald Institute (CFREF) in Canada; by SNF in Switzerland; by IBS in Korea; by RFBR in Russia; and by CAS and ISTCP in China. Acknowledgements

Keywords

Barium-tagging
Broadband mass measurement
Mass Spectrometry
MR TOF

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