@Article{NEXTCollaborationMcDonald_etal2018,
author="NEXT Collaboration (McDonald, A. D. et al
and Alvarez, V.
and Benlloch-Rodriguez, J. M.
and Botas, A.
and Carcel, S.
and Carrion, J. V.
and Diaz, J.
and Felkai, R.
and Ferrario, P.
and Gomez-Cadenas, J. J.
and Laing, A.
and Liubarsky, I.
and Lopez-March, N.
and Martinez, A.
and Mu{\~{n}}oz Vidal, J.
and Musti, M.
and Nebot-Guinot, M.
and Novella, P.
and Palmeiro, B.
and Perez, J.
and Renner, J.
and Rodriguez, J.
and Simon, A.
and Sofka, C.
and Sorel, M.
and Torrent, J.
and Yahlali, N.",
title="Demonstration of Single-Barium-Ion Sensitivity for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Using Single-Molecule Fluorescence Imaging",
journal="Physical Review Letters",
year="2018",
publisher="Amer Physical Soc",
volume="120",
number="13",
pages="132504--6pp",
abstract="A new method to tag the barium daughter in the double-beta decay of Xe-136 is reported. Using the technique of single molecule fluorescent imaging (SMFI), individual barium dication (Ba++) resolution at a transparent scanning surface is demonstrated. A single-step photobleach confirms the single ion interpretation. Individual ions are localized with superresolution (similar to 2 nm), and detected with a statistical significance of 12.9 sigma over backgrounds. This lays the foundation for a new and potentially background-free neutrinoless double-beta decay technology, based on SMFI coupled to high pressure xenon gas time projection chambers.",
optnote="WOS:000428243400005",
optnote="exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=3538), last updated on Fri, 04 Jun 2021 07:24:45 +0000",
issn="0031-9007",
doi="10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132504",
opturl="http://arxiv.org/abs/1711.04782",
opturl="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132504",
archivePrefix="arXiv",
eprint="1711.04782",
language="English"
}