Electric Charging Effects on Insulating Surfaces in Cryogenic Liquids

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Autores principales: Korsch, Wolfgang, Broering, Mark, Timsina, Ashok, Leung, Kent K. H., Abney, Joshua, Budker, Dmitry, Filippone, Bradley W., He, Jiachen, Kandu, Suman, McCrea, Mark, Roy, Murchhana, Swank, Christopher, Yao, Weijun
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author Korsch, Wolfgang
Broering, Mark
Timsina, Ashok
Leung, Kent K. H.
Abney, Joshua
Budker, Dmitry
Filippone, Bradley W.
He, Jiachen
Kandu, Suman
McCrea, Mark
Roy, Murchhana
Swank, Christopher
Yao, Weijun
author_facet Korsch, Wolfgang
Broering, Mark
Timsina, Ashok
Leung, Kent K. H.
Abney, Joshua
Budker, Dmitry
Filippone, Bradley W.
He, Jiachen
Kandu, Suman
McCrea, Mark
Roy, Murchhana
Swank, Christopher
Yao, Weijun
contents This paper presents a new technique to study the adsorption and desorption of ions and electrons on insulating surfaces in the presence of strong electric fields in cryoliquids. The experimental design consists of a compact cryostat coupled with a sensitive electro-optical Kerr device to monitor the stability of the electric fields. The behavior of nitrogen and helium ions on a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) surface was compared to a PMMA surface coated with a mixture of deuterated polystyrene and deuterated polybutadiene. Ion accumulation and removal on these surfaces were unambiguously observed. Within the precision of the data, both surfaces behave similarly for the physisorbed ions. The setup was also used to measure the (quasi-)static dielectric constant of PMMA at T = 70 K. The impact of the ion adsorption on the search for a neutron permanent electric dipole moment in a cryogenic environment, like the nEDM@SNS experiment, is discussed.
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spellingShingle Electric Charging Effects on Insulating Surfaces in Cryogenic Liquids
Korsch, Wolfgang
Broering, Mark
Timsina, Ashok
Leung, Kent K. H.
Abney, Joshua
Budker, Dmitry
Filippone, Bradley W.
He, Jiachen
Kandu, Suman
McCrea, Mark
Roy, Murchhana
Swank, Christopher
Yao, Weijun
Applied Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
Optics
This paper presents a new technique to study the adsorption and desorption of ions and electrons on insulating surfaces in the presence of strong electric fields in cryoliquids. The experimental design consists of a compact cryostat coupled with a sensitive electro-optical Kerr device to monitor the stability of the electric fields. The behavior of nitrogen and helium ions on a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) surface was compared to a PMMA surface coated with a mixture of deuterated polystyrene and deuterated polybutadiene. Ion accumulation and removal on these surfaces were unambiguously observed. Within the precision of the data, both surfaces behave similarly for the physisorbed ions. The setup was also used to measure the (quasi-)static dielectric constant of PMMA at T = 70 K. The impact of the ion adsorption on the search for a neutron permanent electric dipole moment in a cryogenic environment, like the nEDM@SNS experiment, is discussed.
title Electric Charging Effects on Insulating Surfaces in Cryogenic Liquids
topic Applied Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.00538