New Concepts in Ultrasensitive Noble Gas Detection for OceanScience Applications

这一第一阶段SBIR项目的目标是开发稀有稀有气体同位素的新检测技术。将评估两种不同的探测器概念，它们结合了质谱学、电荷中和、光子爆发和共振电离光谱的元素。这项研究提供了在探测微量稀有稀有气体同位素如Argon-39方面取得突破的可能性。Ar-39非常适合于研究温室气体穿过温跃层的穿透以及深海环流的研究。

The objective of this Phase I SBIR project is to develop new detection techniques for rare noble gas isotopes. Two different detector concepts which combine elements of mass spectroscopy, charge neutralization, photon burst and resonance ionization spectroscopy will be evaluated. The research offers the possibility of a breakthrough in detection capabilities of minute quantities of rare noble gas isotopes such as Argon-39. Argon-39 is ideally suited for studying the penetration of greenhouse gases across the thermocline and for the study of deep-ocean circulation.