Science
2022
First dark matter results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment. e-Print: 2207.03764
A machine learning-based methodology for pulse classification in dual-phase xenon time projection chambers. e-Print: 2201.05659
Cosmogenic production of 37Ar in the context of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment. Published in Phys.Rev.D 105 (2022) 082004. e-Print: 2201.02858
Design and production of the high voltage electrode grids and electron extraction region for the LZ dual-phase xenon time projection chamber. e-Print: 2106.06622
Optical Calibration System for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Outer Detector. e-Print: 2102.06281
Enhancing the sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment to low energy signals. e-Print: 2101.08753
Simulations of Events for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment. e-Print: 2001.09363
2021
Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment to the two-neutrino and neutrinoless double beta decays of 134Xe. Published in Phys.Rev.C. 104 (2021) 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 (2021) 092009. e-Print: 2102.11740
2020
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs, June 3, 2020. Published in Eur.Phys.J. C 80 (2020) 1044. e-Print: 2006.02506 [physics.ins-det]
Simulations of Events for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment, January 25, 2020. Published in Astropart.Phys. 116 (2020) 102391. e-Print: 2001.09363 [physics.ins-det]
2019
Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment to the 0νββ decay of 136 Xe, December 9, 2019. Published in Phys.Rev.C 102 (2020) 014602. e-Print: 1912.04248 [nucl-ex]
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment, October 20, 2019. Published in Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 953 (2020) 163047. e-Print: 1910.09124 [physics.ins-det]
Measurement of the Gamma Ray Background in the Davis Cavern at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, April 3, 2019. Published in: Astropart.Phys. 116 (2020) 102391. e-Print: 1904.02112 [physics.ins-det]
A Liquid Scintillation Detector for Radioassay of Gadolinium-Loaded Liquid Scintillator for the LZ Outer Detector, August 16, 2018. Published in Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A937 (2019) 148-163. e-Print: 1808.05595 [physics.ins-det]
2018
Projected WIMP sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment, February 16, 2018. Published in: Phys.Rev.D 101 (2020) 5, 052002. e-Print: 1802.06039 [astro-ph.IM]
2017
Constraining Radon Backgrounds in LZ, August 28, 2017. Published in: AIP Conf.Proc. 1921 (2018) 1, 050003. Contribution to: LRT 2017. e-Print: 1708.08533 [physics.ins-det]
Supernova Neutrino Detection in LZ, LIDINE 2017 Conference Proceeding. (arXIV:1801.05651) – LINK
Black Hills State University Underground Campus, June 22, 2017. Published in: Appl.Radiat.Isot. 126 (2017) 130-133
LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Technical Design Report, March 27, 2017. e-Print: 1703.09144 [physics.ins-det]
Identification of Radiopure Titanium for the LZ Dark Matter Experiment and Future Rare Event Searches, February 8, 2017. Published in: Astropart.Phys. 96 (2017) 1-10. e-Print: 1702.02646 [physics.ins-det]
2015
LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Conceptual Design Report (also arXiv:1509.02910 [physics.ins-det]) – LINK
Expected background in the LZ experiment, (LRT 2015, AIP Conf. Proc. 1672, 060003 (2015)) – PDF
Documentation
2021 – Data Management Principles for the LZ Experiment – PDF
Theses
- LZ
- D.Q. Huang (Brown): “Ultra-Low Energy Calibration of the LUX and LZ Dark Matter Detectors”
- Ibles Olcina (Imperial College London): “A statistical framework for the characterisation of WIMP dark matter with the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment”
- Wei Ji (Stanford): “The LZ Dark Matter Search and Development of a New Gas Phase Technique to Characterize Low Level Electron Emission from Electrode Grids”
- Theresa Fruth (Oxford): “PMT Studies and Loop Antenna Development for the LZ Dark Matter Search“
- TJ Whitis (CWRU/SLAC): “Measurement of Time Projection Chamber Optical Properties and Xenon Circulation System Development for The LZ Experiment”
- Scott Haselschwardt (UCSB): “Radioassay of Gadolinium-Loaded Liquid Scintillator and Other Studies for the LZ Outer Detector”
- Sally Shaw (UCL): “Dark Matter Searches with the LUX and LZ Experiments”
- D.Q. Huang (Brown): “Ultra-Low Energy Calibration of the LUX and LZ Dark Matter Detectors”
- 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”: (Jan 2014)
- 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
- LUX
- ZEPLIN
- Anthony Hollingsworth (Edinburgh): “Results from the ZEPLIN-III Experiment“
- Lea Reichhart (Edinburgh): “ZEPLIN-III direct dark matter search: final results and measurements in support of next generation instruments“
- Alastair Currie (Imperial): “Direct searches for WIMP dark matter with ZEPLIN-III”
- Paul Scovell (Edinburgh): “Results from the ZEPLIN-III dark matter search experiment“
- Emma Barnes (Edinburgh): “Veto for the ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector “
- Claire Thorne (Imperial): “Characterisation and Calibration of ZEPLIN III – A Dark Matter Detector“
- Claudio Silva (Coimbra): “Study of the Reflectance Distributions of Fluoropolymers and Other Rough Surfaces with Interest to Scintillation Detectors”
- Blair Edwards (Imperial College London/Rutherford Appleton Laboratory): “The ZEPLIN Dark Matter Search: Two Phase Xenon as a WIMP Target”
- David David (Imperial): “Development of a two phase xenon detector for use in direct dark matter searches“
- Jaime Dawson (Imperial): “ZEPLIN III: A Two-Phase Xenon WIMP Detector”