Publications

Science

2025

Dark Matter Search Results from 4.2  Tonne−Years of Exposure of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment. Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 011802, (pub: July 1st 2025), e-Print: 2410.17036, and Sensitivity Data 

Measurements and models of enhanced recombination following inner-shell vacancies in liquid xenon. e-Print: 2503.05679

New constraints on cosmic ray-boosted dark matter from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment. Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 241801, e-Print: 2503.18158

2024

First search for atmospheric millicharged particles with the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment. Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 241802, e-Print: 2412.04854

Two-neutrino double electron capture of 124Xe in the first LUX-ZEPLIN exposure. Published in J. Phys. G 52, 015103, e-Print: 2408.17391

The Design, Implementation, and Performance of the LZ Calibration Systems. Published in JINST 19, P08027. e-Print: 2406.12874 

Probing the Scalar WIMP-Pion Coupling with the first LUX-ZEPLIN data. Published in Commun. Phys. 7, 292, e-Print: 2406.02441 

The Data Acquisition System of the LZ Dark Matter Detector: FADR. Published in Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 1068, 169712, e-Print: 2405.14732 

Constraints On Covariant WIMP-Nucleon Effective Field Theory Interactions from the First Science Run of the LUX-ZEPLIN Experiment. Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 221801, e-Print: 2404.17666

New constraints on ultraheavy dark matter from the LZ experiment. Published in Phys. Rev. D 109, 112010, e-Print: 2402.08865

2023

First Constraints on WIMP-Nucleon Effective Field Theory Couplings in an Extended Energy Region From LUX-ZEPLIN. Published in Phys. Rev. D 109, 092003, e-Print: 2312.02030

Search for new physics in low-energy electron recoils from the first LZ exposure. Published in Phys. Rev. D 108, 072006, e-Print: 2307.15753

2022

Background Determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment. Published in Phys. Rev. D 108, 012010, e-Print: 2211.17120

First dark matter results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment. Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 041002, e-Print: 2207.03764

A machine learning-based methodology for pulse classification in dual-phase xenon time projection chambers. Published in Eur. Phys. J. C 82, 553, e-Print: 2201.05659

Cosmogenic production of 37Ar in the context of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment. Published in Phys. Rev. D 105, 082004, e-Print: 2201.02858

2021

Design and production of the high voltage electrode grids and electron extraction region for the LZ dual-phase xenon time projection chamber. Published in Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 1031, 165955, e-Print: 2106.06622

Optical Calibration System for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Outer Detector. Published in Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 1010, 165551, e-Print: 2102.06281

Enhancing the sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment to low energy signals. e-Print: 2101.08753

Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment to the two-neutrino and neutrinoless double beta decays of 134Xe. Published in Phys. Rev. C. 104, 065501, e-Print: 2104.13374

Projected sensitivities of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment to new physics via low-energy electron recoils. Published in Phys. Rev. D 104, 092009, e-Print: 2102.11740

2020

Simulations of Events for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment. Published in Astropart. Phys. 125, 102480, e-Print: 2001.09363

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs. Published in Eur. Phys. J. C 80, 1044, e-Print: 2006.02506 

2019

Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment to the 0νββ decay of 136Xe. Published in Phys. Rev. C 102, 014602, e-Print: 1912.04248 

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment. Published in Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 953, 163047, e-Print: 1910.09124 

Measurement of the Gamma Ray Background in the Davis Cavern at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Published in Astropart. Phys. 116, 102391, e-Print: 1904.02112 

2018

A Liquid Scintillation Detector for Radioassay of Gadolinium-Loaded Liquid Scintillator for the LZ Outer Detector. Published in Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 937, 148-163, e-Print: 1808.05595 

Projected WIMP sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment. Published in Phys. Rev. D 101, 052002, e-Print: 1802.06039 

2017

Black Hills State University Underground Campus. Published in Appl. Radiat. Isot. 126, 130-133

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Technical Design Report, March 27, 2017. e-Print: 1703.09144 

Identification of Radiopure Titanium for the LZ Dark Matter Experiment and Future Rare Event Searches. Published in Astropart. Phys. 96, 1-10, e-Print: 1702.02646 

2015

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Conceptual Design Report, September 9, 2015. e-Print: arXiv:1509.02910

Documentation

2021 – Data Management Principles for the LZ Experiment – link

Theses

LZ

LUX

    • Dongqing Huang (Brown): “Ultra-Low Energy Calibration of the LUX and LZ Dark Matter Detectors”
    • Douglas Tiedt (SDSMT): “The Active Veto of the Large Underground Xenon Detector and the Study of Muons Deep Underground”
    • Kate Kamdin (UCB): “A Search for Lightly Ionizing Particles in the LUX Detector and Research and Development For Future Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chambers”
    • Lucie Tvrznikova (Yale): “Sub-GeV Dark Matter Searches and Electric Field Studies for the LUX and LZ Experiments”
    • Elizabeth Boulton (Yale): “Applications of Two-Phase Xenon Time Projection Chambers: Searching for Dark Matter and Special Nuclear Materials”
    • Jon Balajthy (UMD): “Purity Monitoring Techniques and Electronic Energy Deposition Properties in Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chambers”
    • Maria Francesca Marzioni (Edinburgh): “Purity Monitoring Techniques and Electronic Energy Deposition Properties in Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chambers”
    • Curt Nehrkorn (UCSB): “Testing the WIMP hypothesis with the LUX dark matter detector”
    • Brian Tennyson (Yale): “Two-Phase Liquid-Gas Xenon Time Projection Chambers: Theory, Applications, and Analysis”
    • Evan Pease (Yale): “Rare-event searches in liquid xenon with the LUX and LUX-ZEPLIN detectors”
    • Eryk Druszkiewicz (UofR): “Digital Advances in Triggering and Data Acquisition Systems for Large Scale Dark Matter Search Experiments”
    • Rachel Mannino (Texas A&M): “Measuring backgrounds from 85Kr and 210Bi to improve sensitivity of dark matter detectors”
    • Richard Knoche (Maryland): “Signal corrections and calibrations in the LUX dark matter detector”
    • Adam Bailey (Imperial): “Dark matter searches and study of electrode design in LUX and LZ“
    • James Verbus (Brown): “An Absolute Calibration of Sub-1 keV Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon Using D-D Neutron Scattering Kinematics in the LUX Detector”
    • Paulo Brás (Coimbra): “Finding a needle in a haystack: Background studies and WIMP detection efficiency in LUX”
    • Chang Lee (CWRU) “Mitigation of Backgrounds for the Large Underground Xenon Dark Matter Experiment”
    • Attila Dobi (UMD) “Measurement of the Electron Recoil Band of the LUX Dark Matter Detector With a Tritium Calibration Source”
    • Jeremy Mock (UC Davis) “A Search for Dark Matter with the Large Underground Xenon Detector”
    • Patrick Phelps (CWRU) “The LUX Experiment: Detector Performance and Energy Reconstruction”: All the dark secrets, dirty laundry, and dead flies you desire.
    • Jeremy Chapman (Brown) “First WIMP Search Results from the LUX Dark Matter Experiment”
    • Adam Bradley (CWRU): “LUX Thermosyphon Cryogenics and Radon-Related Backgrounds for the First WIMP Result”
    • David Malling (Brown): “Measurement and Analysis of WIMP Detection Backgrounds, and Characterization and Performance of the Large Underground Xenon Dark Matter Search Experiment”
    • Carlos Faham (Brown): “Prototype, Surface Commissioning and Photomultiplier Tube Characterization for the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Direct Dark Matter Search Experiment”
    • Louis Kastens (Yale): “Calibration of Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chambers for the Direct Detection of Dark Matter”
    • Mark Hanhardt (M.Sc. SD School of Mines): Water Shield PMT Characterization and Muon Flux Surface Measurement for LUX Dark Matter Search

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