Ba${}^{2+}$ ion trapping by organic submonolayer: towards an ultra-low background neutrinoless double beta decay detector

P. Herrero-Gómez, J. P. Calupitan, M. Ilyn +112

If neutrinos are their own antiparticles, the otherwise-forbidden nuclear reaction known as neutrinoless double beta decay ($\beta \beta 0\nu$) can occur, with a characteristic lifetime which…