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Experimental updates on development of accelerator-driven ion source at TRIUMF to benchmark Ba-tagging techniques for future neutrinoless double beta decay searches
D. Ray, M. Marquis, A. V. Balbuena +4
Neutrinoless double beta decay () could provide a way to probe physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The proposed nEXO experiment aims to search for i…
Aluminum-Based Superconducting Tunnel Junction Sensors for Nuclear Recoil Spectroscopy
Spencer L. Fretwell, Connor Bray, Inwook Kim +31
The BeEST experiment is searching for sub-MeV sterile neutrinos by measuring nuclear recoil energies from the decay of Be implanted into superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) s…
Ultra-sensitive radon assay using an electrostatic chamber in a recirculating system
nEXO Collaboration, A. Anker, P. A. Breur +138
Rare event searches such as neutrinoless double beta decay and Weakly Interacting Massive Particle detection require ultra-low background detectors. Radon contamination is a signif…
First In-Beam Demonstration of a hybrid LaBr3/CeBr3/BGO array to measure radiative capture resonance energies in an extended gas target using a novel time of flight technique
G. Christian, D. Hutcheon, I. Casandjian +19
We have deployed a new hybrid array of LaBr3, CeBr3, and BGO scintillators for detecting rays at the DRAGON recoil separator at TRIUMF. The array was developed to improve -r…
High-Precision Excited-State Nuclear Recoil Spectroscopy with Superconducting Sensors
C. Bray, S. Fretwell, L. A. Zepeda-Ruiz +30
Superconducting sensors doped with rare isotopes have recently demonstrated powerful sensing performance for sub-keV radiation from nuclear decay. Here, we report the first high-re…
Ion manipulation from liquid Xe to vacuum: Ba-tagging for a nEXO upgrade and future experiments
Dwaipayan Ray, Robert Collister, Hussain Rasiwala +27
Neutrinoless double beta decay {()} provides a way to probe physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The upcoming nEXO experiment will search for decay i…
Signal processing and spectral modeling for the BeEST experiment
Inwook Kim, Connor Bray, Andrew Marino +35
The Beryllium Electron capture in Superconducting Tunnel junctions (BeEST) experiment searches for evidence of heavy neutrino mass eigenstates in the nuclear electron capture decay…
The Data Acquisition System for Phase-III of the BeEST Experiment
C. Bray, S. Fretwell, I. Kim +27
The BeEST experiment is a precision laboratory search for physics beyond the standard model that measures the electron capture decay of Be implanted into superconducting tunnel…
Beyond the acceptance limit of DRAGON: the case of the reaction
A. Psaltis, A. A. Chen, D. S. Connolly +13
Radiative capture reactions play a pivotal role for our understanding of the origin of the elements in the cosmos. Recoil separators provide an effective way to study these reactio…
Improvements to TITAN's Mass Measurement and Decay Spectroscopy Capabilities
D. Lascar, A. A. Kwiatkowski, M. Alanssari +17
The study of nuclei farther from the valley of -stability goes hand-in-hand with shorter-lived nuclei produced in smaller abundances than their more stable counterparts. The mea…
Low-Background In-Trap Decay Spectroscopy with TITAN at TRIUMF
K. G. Leach, A. Lennarz, A. Grossheim +13
An in-trap decay spectroscopy setup has been developed and constructed for use with the TITAN facility at TRIUMF. The goal of this device is to observe weak electron-capture (EC) b…
Sensitivity Increases for the TITAN Decay Spectroscopy Program
K. G. Leach, A. Lennarz, A. Grossheim +5
The TITAN facility at TRIUMF has recently initiated a program of performing decay spectroscopy measurements in an electron-beam ion-trap (EBIT). The unique environment of the EBIT…
The TITAN in-trap decay spectroscopy facility at TRIUMF
K. G. Leach, A. Grossheim, A. Lennarz +13
This article presents an upgraded in-trap decay spectroscopy apparatus which has been developed and constructed for use with TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear science (TITAN…