Radio frequency and DC high voltage breakdown of high pressure helium, argon, and xenon

K. Woodruff; J. Baeza-Rubio; D. Huerta; B. J. P. Jones; A. D. McDonald; L. Norman; D. R. Nygren; C. Adams; V. Alvarez; L. Arazi; I. J. Arnquist; C. D. R. Azevedo; K. Bailey; F. Ballester; J. M. Benlloch-Rodriguez; F. I. G. M. Borges; N. K. Byrnes; S. Carcei; J. V. Carrion; S. Cebrian; E. Church; C. A. N. Conde; T. Contreras; A. A. Denisenko; G. Diaz; J. Diaz; M. Diesburg; J. Escada; R. Esteve; R. Felkai; A. F. M. Fernandes; L. M. P. Fernandes; P. Ferrario; A. L. Ferreira; F. W. Foss; E. D. C. Freitas; J. Generowicz; A. Goldschmidt; D. Gonzalez-Diaz; J. J. Gomez-Cadenas; S. Ghosh; R. Guenette; R. M. Gutierrez; J. Haefner; K. Hafidi; J. Hauptman; C. A. O. Henriques; J. A. Hernando Morata; P. Herrero; V. Herrero; S. Johnston; M. Kekic; L. Labarga; A. Laing; P. Lebrun; N. Lopez-March; M. Losada; R. D. P. Mano; J. Martin-Albo; A. Martinez; G. Martinez-Lema; F. Monrabal; C. M. B. Monteiro; F. J. Mora; J. Munoz Vidal; P. Novella; B. Palmeiro; A. Para; J. Perez; M. Querol; J. Renner; J. Repond; S. Riordan; L. Ripoll; Y. Rodriguez Garcia; J. Rodriguez; L. Rogers; B. Romeo; C. Romo-Luque; F. P. Santos; J. M. F. dos Santos; A. Simon; C. Sofka; M. Sorel; T. Stiegler; P. Thapa; J. F. Toledo; J. Torrent; A. Uson; J. F. C. A. Veloso; R. Webb; R. Weiss-Babai; J. T. White; N. Yahlali

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Radio frequency and DC high voltage breakdown of high pressure helium, argon, and xenon

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Radio frequency and DC high voltage breakdown of high pressure helium, argon, and xenon

K. Woodruff, J. Baeza-Rubio, D. Huerta, B. J. P. Jones, A. D. McDonald, L. Norman, D. R. Nygren, C. Adams, V. Alvarez, L. Arazi, …

Journal of instrumentation, Vol.15(4), pp.P04022-P04022

04/01/2020

DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/04/P04022

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Motivated by the possibility of guiding daughter ions from double beta decay events to single-ion sensors for barium tagging, the NEXT collaboration is developing a program of R&D to test radio frequency (RF) carpets for ion transport in high pressure xenon gas. This would require carpet functionality in regimes at higher pressures than have been previously reported, implying correspondingly larger electrode voltages than in existing systems. This mode of operation appears plausible for contemporary RF-carpet geometries due to the higher predicted breakdown strength of high pressure xenon relative to low pressure helium, the working medium in most existing RF carpet devices. In this paper we present the first measurements of the high voltage dielectric strength of xenon gas at high pressure and at the relevant RF frequencies for ion transport (in the 10MHz range), as well as new DC and RF measurements of the dielectric strengths of high pressure argon and helium gases at small gap sizes. We find breakdown voltages that are compatible with stable RF carpet operation given the gas, pressure, voltage, materials and geometry of interest.

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Title: Subtitle: Radio frequency and DC high voltage breakdown of high pressure helium, argon, and xenon
Creators: K. Woodruff - The University of Texas at Arlington
J. Baeza-Rubio - The University of Texas at Arlington
D. Huerta - The University of Texas at Arlington
B. J. P. Jones - The University of Texas at Arlington
A. D. McDonald - The University of Texas at Arlington
L. Norman - The University of Texas at Arlington
D. R. Nygren - The University of Texas at Arlington
C. Adams - Harvard University
V. Alvarez - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
L. Arazi - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
I. J. Arnquist - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
C. D. R. Azevedo - University of Aveiro
K. Bailey - Argonne National Laboratory
F. Ballester - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
J. M. Benlloch-Rodriguez - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
F. I. G. M. Borges - University of Coimbra
N. K. Byrnes - The University of Texas at Arlington
S. Carcei - Universitat de València
J. V. Carrion - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
S. Cebrian - Universidad de Zaragoza
E. Church - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
C. A. N. Conde - University of Coimbra
T. Contreras - Harvard University
A. A. Denisenko - The University of Texas at Arlington
G. Diaz - Donostia International Physics Center
J. Diaz - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
M. Diesburg - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. Escada - University of Coimbra
R. Esteve - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
R. Felkai - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
A. F. M. Fernandes - University of Coimbra
L. M. P. Fernandes - University of Coimbra
P. Ferrario - Ikerbasque
A. L. Ferreira - University of Aveiro
F. W. Foss - The University of Texas at Arlington
E. D. C. Freitas - University of Coimbra
J. Generowicz - Donostia International Physics Center
A. Goldschmidt - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
D. Gonzalez-Diaz - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
J. J. Gomez-Cadenas - Ikerbasque
S. Ghosh - Harvard University
R. Guenette - Harvard University
R. M. Gutierrez - Universidad Antonio Nariño
J. Haefner - Harvard University
K. Hafidi - Argonne National Laboratory
J. Hauptman - Iowa State University
C. A. O. Henriques - University of Coimbra
J. A. Hernando Morata - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
P. Herrero - Donostia International Physics Center
V. Herrero - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
S. Johnston - Argonne National Laboratory
M. Kekic - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
L. Labarga - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
A. Laing - The University of Texas at Arlington
P. Lebrun - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
N. Lopez-March - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
M. Losada - Universidad Antonio Nariño
R. D. P. Mano - University of Coimbra
J. Martin-Albo - Harvard University
A. Martinez - Donostia International Physics Center
G. Martinez-Lema - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
F. Monrabal - Donostia International Physics Center
C. M. B. Monteiro - University of Coimbra
F. J. Mora - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
J. Munoz Vidal - Donostia Int Phys Ctr DIPC, Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4, E-20018 Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
P. Novella - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
B. Palmeiro - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
A. Para - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. Perez - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
M. Querol - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. Renner - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. Repond - Argonne National Laboratory
S. Riordan - Argonne National Laboratory
L. Ripoll - Universitat de Girona
Y. Rodriguez Garcia - Univ Antonio Narino, Ctr Invest Ciencias Basicas & Aplicadas, Carretera 3 Este 47 A-15, Bogota, Colombia
J. Rodriguez - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
L. Rogers - The University of Texas at Arlington
B. Romeo - Donostia International Physics Center
C. Romo-Luque - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
F. P. Santos - University of Coimbra
J. M. F. dos Santos - University of Coimbra
A. Simon - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
C. Sofka - Texas A&M University
M. Sorel - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
T. Stiegler - Texas A&M University
P. Thapa - The University of Texas at Arlington
J. F. Toledo - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
J. Torrent - Donostia International Physics Center
A. Uson - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. F. C. A. Veloso - University of Aveiro
R. Webb - Texas A&M University
R. Weiss-Babai - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
J. T. White - Texas A&M University
N. Yahlali - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of instrumentation, Vol.15(4), pp.P04022-P04022
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/04/P04022
ISSN: 1748-0221
eISSN: 1748-0221
Publisher: Iop Publishing Ltd
Number of pages: 15
Language: English
Date published: 04/01/2020
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984627324402771

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