Science
2023
Search for new physics in low-energy electron recoils from the first LZ exposure. Published in Phys.Rev.D 108 (2023) 7, 072006. e-Print: 2307.15753
Background Determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment. Published in Phys.Rev.D 108 (2023) 1, 012010. e-Print: 2211.17120
First dark matter results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment. Published in Phys.Rev.Lett. 131 (2023) 4, 041002. e-Print: 2207.03764
2022
A machine learning-based methodology for pulse classification in dual-phase xenon time projection chambers. Published in Eur.Phys.J.C 82 (2022) 6, 553. 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. Published in Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 1031 (2022) 165955. e-Print: 2106.06622
Optical Calibration System for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Outer Detector. Published in Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 1010 (2021) 165551. 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. Published in Astropart.Phys. 125 (2021) 102480. 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. Published in Eur.Phys.J. C 80 (2020) 1044. e-Print: 2006.02506
Simulations of Events for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment. Published in Astropart.Phys. 116 (2020) 102391. e-Print: 2001.09363
2019
Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment to the 0νββ decay of 136 Xe. Published in Phys.Rev.C 102 (2020) 014602. e-Print: 1912.04248
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment. Published in Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 953 (2020) 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 (2020) 102391. e-Print: 1904.02112
A Liquid Scintillation Detector for Radioassay of Gadolinium-Loaded Liquid Scintillator for the LZ Outer Detector. Published in Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A937 (2019) 148-163. e-Print: 1808.05595
2018
Projected WIMP sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment. Published in Phys.Rev.D 101 (2020) 5, 052002. e-Print: 1802.06039
2017
Black Hills State University Underground Campus. Published in: Appl.Radiat.Isot. 126 (2017) 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 (2017) 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
- 2023
- Robert James (UCL, 2023): ” Signals, backgrounds and statistical inference for dark matter direct detection experiments”
- Tyler Anderson (Stanford, 2023): “The LZ Dark Matter WIMP Search and Treatment of Fundamental Signals”
- Daniel Kodroff (Penn State, 2023): “Background Modeling and First Searches for Low Energy Signals in the LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Experiment“
- Guilherme Pereira (Universidade de Coimbra, 2023): “Continuous Calibration for the LZ Dark Matter Experiment“
- 2022
- Madan Timalsina (SDSMT, 2022): “Calibrations for the Improved Search for Dark Matter with the LZ (LUX-ZEPLIN) Experiment”
- Ewan Fraser (University of Liverpool, 2022): “Calibration of the Outer Detector, Development of Data Quality Monitoring and Study of Laboratory Backgrounds for Dark Matter Searches with LUX-ZEPLIN“
- Sam Eriksen (University of Bristol, 2022): “Commissioning of the Outer Detector of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment and a study of the experiment’s sensitivity to signatures arising from effective field theory operators
“ - Reed Watson (UC Berkeley, 2022): “High Voltage Considerations for Dark Matter Searches“
- Ryan Linehan (Stanford, 2022): “High Voltage Electrode Development and the LZ Experiment’s WIMP Search“
- Andrew Naylor (Sheffield, 2022): “Background studies for LUX and LZ: activation, gammas from rock and krypton removal“
- Maris Arthurs (Michigan, 2022): “Radon Reduction and the First Science Results of the LZ Experiment“
- Greg Rischbieter (UAlbany, 2022): “Signal Yields and Detector Modeling in Xenon Time Projection Chambers, and Results of an Effective Field Theory Dark Matter Search Using LUX Data”
- Will Taylor (Brown, 2022): “Neutron Calibrations and Activation Signals in Low-Background Liquid Xenon Dark Matter Detectors“
- Chris Nedlik (UMass Amherst, 2022): “Calibration of the LUX-ZEPLIN Dual-Phase Xenon Time Projection Chamber With Internally Injected Radioisotopes“
- Jonathan Nikoleyczik (UW Madison, 2022): “The Construction, Background Modeling, and Statistical Hypothesis Testing of the LZ Detector“
- Madan Timalsina (SDSMT, 2022): “Calibrations for the Improved Search for Dark Matter with the LZ (LUX-ZEPLIN) Experiment”
- 2021
- Andrew Stevens (Oxford, 2021): “Development of the ionisation signal analysis and the thermometry system for the LUX-ZEPLIN direct Dark Matter detection experiment“
- Nicolas Angelides (UCL, 2021): “LZ Commissioning and Background Studies”
- Athoy Nilima (Edinburgh, 2021): “Sensitivity projections for hidden photons and axion-like particles in the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment”
- Kelly Stifter (Stanford, 2021): “The LZ Dark Matter Experiment: From Detector Development to Early Data“
- Dylan Temples (Northwestern, 2021): “Signatures of the Invisible: New Considerations for Xenon Dark Matter Searches“
- Umit Utku (UCL, 2021): “Background and sensitivity studies for the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment“
- Peter Rossiter (University of Sheffield, 2021): “Background mitigation in dual phase xenon time projection chambers”
- Billy Boxer (University of Liverpool, 2021): “LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Searches: Development of Optical and Source Based Calibration Systems“
- 2020
- Paulo Brás (Coimbra, 2020): “Sensitivity to the 0νββ decay of 136Xe and development of Machine Learning tools for pulse classification for the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment“
- Rob Taylor (Imperial, 2020): “Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in Dual-phase Xenon Time Projection Chambers: LUX, LZ and Prospects for G3“
- Melih Solmaz (UCSB, 2020): “Search for annual and diurnal modulations in the LUX experiment and assembling a tagged neutron source for the LZ Outer Detector“
- 2019
- D.Q. Huang (Brown, 2019): “Ultra-Low Energy Calibration of the LUX and LZ Dark Matter Detectors”
- Ibles Olcina (Imperial, 2019): “A statistical framework for the characterisation of WIMP dark matter with the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment”
- Wei Ji (Stanford, 2019): “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, 2019): “PMT Studies and Loop Antenna Development for the LZ Dark Matter Search“
- TJ Whitis (CWRU/SLAC 2019): “Measurement of Time Projection Chamber Optical Properties and Xenon Circulation System Development for The LZ Experiment”
- D.Q. Huang (Brown, 2019): “Ultra-Low Energy Calibration of the LUX and LZ Dark Matter Detectors”
- 2018
- Scott Haselschwardt (UCSB, 2018): “Radioassay of Gadolinium-Loaded Liquid Scintillator and Other Studies for the LZ Outer Detector“
- David Woodward (University of Sheffield, 2018): “Simulations of cosmic muons and background radiations for muon tomography and underground experiments”
- 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”
- 2016
- Sally Shaw (UCL): “Dark Matter Searches with the LUX and LZ Experiments“
LUX
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- 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
ZEPLIN-III
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- 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”