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单分子荧光成像技术用于无中子双β衰变中钡的示踪

Single Molecule Fluorescence Imaging as a Technique for Barium Tagging in Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

B. J. P. Jones, A. D. McDonald, D. R. Nygren

摘要:

背景抑制是未来无中微子双β衰变实验成功的关键。为了实现对$\sim10^{28}$年的有效马约拉纳寿命的灵敏度,背景必须被控制为优于每年每吨0.1个计数,这超出了任何现有技术的范围。本文提出了一种新的方法来鉴别$^{136}$氘无中微子双β衰变中钡子离子的诞生。该方法采用单分子荧光成像,这是一种来自生物化学研究的技术,具有已证明的单离子灵敏度。我们探索可能的SMFI染料适合的问题,在高压氙气中的钡离子检测,并开发一个光纤耦合传感系统,我们可以检测到大量的Ba $^{++}$离子远程的存在。我们表明,我们的传感器产生的信号与背景的比例高达85时,在水溶液中操作时,在响应Ba $^{++}$离子。然后,我们描述了这个研发计划的下一阶段,这将是证明氙气中的螯合和荧光。如果能够成功地利用适用于高压氙气探测器的SMFI开发出钡离子标记物,则可以实现第一个基本上为零背景、吨级无中微子双β衰变技术。

英文摘要:

Background rejection is key to success for future neutrinoless double beta decay experiments. To achieve sensitivity to effective Majorana lifetimes of $\sim10^{28}$ years, backgrounds must be controlled to better than 0.1 count per ton per year, beyond the reach of any present technology. In this paper we propose a new method to identify the birth of the barium daughter ion in the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe. The method adapts Single Molecule Fluorescent Imaging, a technique from biochemistry research with demonstrated single ion sensitivity. We explore possible SMFI dyes suitable for the problem of barium ion detection in high pressure xenon gas, and develop a fiber-coupled sensing system with which we can detect the presence of bulk Ba$^{++}$ ions remotely. We show that our sensor produces signal-to-background ratios as high as 85 in response to Ba$^{++}$ ions when operated in aqueous solution. We then describe the next stage of this R\&D program, which will be to demonstrate chelation and fluorescence in xenon gas. If a successful barium ion tag can be developed using SMFI adapted for high pressure xenon gas detectors, the first essentially zero background, ton-scale neutrinoless double beta decay technology could be realized.

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