The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
2019-11-05 v2 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
We describe the design and assembly of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, a direct detection search for cosmic WIMP dark matter particles. The centerpiece of the experiment is a large liquid xenon time projection chamber sensitive to low energy nuclear recoils. Rejection of backgrounds is enhanced by a Xe skin veto detector and by a liquid scintillator Outer Detector loaded with gadolinium for efficient neutron capture and tagging. LZ is located in the Davis Cavern at the 4850' level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. We describe the major subsystems of the experiment and its key design features and requirements.
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@article{arxiv.1910.09124,
title = {The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment},
author = {The LZ Collaboration and D. S. Akerib and C. W. Akerlof and D. Yu. Akimov and A. Alquahtani and S. K. Alsum and T. J. Anderson and N. Angelides and H. M. Araújo and A. Arbuckle and J. E. Armstrong and M. Arthurs and H. Auyeung and X. Bai and A. J. Bailey and J. Balajthy and S. Balashov and J. Bang and M. J. Barry and J. Barthel and D. Bauer and P. Bauer and A. Baxter and J. Belle and P. Beltrame and J. Bensinger and T. Benson and E. P. Bernard and A. Bernstein and A. Bhatti and A. Biekert and T. P. Biesiadzinski and B. Birrittella and K. E. Boast and A. I. Bolozdynya and E. M. Boulton and B. Boxer and R. Bramante and S. Branson and P. Brás and M. Breidenbach and J. H. Buckley and V. V. Bugaev and R. Bunker and S. Burdin and J. K. Busenitz and J. S. Campbell and C. Carels and D. L. Carlsmith and B. Carlson and M. C. Carmona-Benitez and M. Cascella and C. Chan and J. J. Cherwinka and A. A. Chiller and C. Chiller and N. I. Chott and A. Cole and J. Coleman and D. Colling and R. 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Stancu and M. R. Stark and S. Stephenson and N. Stern and A. Stevens and T. M. Stiegler and K. Stifter and R. Studley and T. J. Sumner and K. Sundarnath and P. Sutcliffe and N. Swanson and M. Szydagis and M. Tan and W. C. Taylor and R. Taylor and D. J. Taylor and D. Temples and B. P. Tennyson and P. A. Terman and K. J. Thomas and J. A. Thomson and D. R. Tiedt and M. Timalsina and W. H. To and A. Tomás and T. E. Tope and M. Tripathi and D. R. Tronstad and C. E. Tull and W. Turner and L. Tvrznikova and M. Utes and U. Utku and S. Uvarov and J. Va'vra and A. Vacheret and A. Vaitkus and J. R. Verbus and T. Vietanen and E. Voirin and C. O. Vuosalo and S. Walcott and W. L. Waldron and K. Walker and J. J. Wang and R. Wang and L. Wang and Y. Wang and J. R. Watson and J. Migneault and S. Weatherly and R. C. Webb and W. -Z. Wei and M. While and R. G. White and J. T. White and D. T. White and T. J. Whitis and W. J. Wisniewski and K. Wilson and M. S. Witherell and F. L. H. Wolfs and J. D. 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journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.09124},
year = {2019}
}