Demonstration of Single Barium Ion Sensitivity for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay using Single Molecule Fluorescence Imaging

A. D. McDonald, B. J. P. Jones, D. R. Nygren +71

A new method to tag the barium daughter in the double beta decay of ${}^{136}$Xe is reported. Using the technique of single molecule fluorescent imaging (SMFI), individual barium dic…