Published June 28, 2022 | Version v1
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Assessment of bi-color molecular sensor chelation with Ba2+ in Ultra-High Vacuum through XPS and STM-STS. Towards a Barium-tagging device for the NEXT 0νββ detector.

  • 1. Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)(Spain)

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The NEXT collaboration seeks the neutrino-less double beta decay 136Xe → 136Ba + 2e- , as an unambiguous proof of the Majorana nature of neutrinos.
The detection of the daughter atom in the decay, Ba2+ would constitute a positive evidence of the reaction occurrence, since no other known radioactive decay produces such ion in coincidence with two electrons. I will show recent results towards the development of an organic monolayer (ML) which works as an
ion sensor for barium. For this we use a combination of surface science techniques (XPS and STM-STS) in ultra-high vacuum (UHV).More information in [1] P. Herrero et al. arXiv:2201.09099 “Ba2+ ion trapping by organic submonolayer: toward an ultra-low background 0νββ decay detector.”

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