相关论文: LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Conceptual Design Report

First results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment, a dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (Lead, South Dakota), was cooled and filled in February 2013. We report results of the first…

宇宙学与河外天体物理 · 物理学 2014-03-12 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , H. M. Araujo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , S. Bedikian , E. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bolozdynya , A. Bradley , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. J. Chapman , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , K. Clark , T. Coffey , A. Currie , A. Curioni , S. Dazeley , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. Dobson , E. M. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , B. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , C. Flores , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. Hall , M. Hanhardt , S. A. Hertel , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , R. Knoche , S. Kyre , R. Lander , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , D. C. Malling , R. Mannino , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. Morad , M. Morii , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , R. A. Ott , M. Pangilinan , P. D. Parker , E. K. Pease , K. Pech , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , T. Shutt , C. Silva , W. Skulski , C. J. Sofka , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. Stiegler , K. O`Sullivan , T. J. Sumner , R. Svoboda , M. Sweany , M. Szydagis , D. Taylor , B. Tennyson , D. R. Tiedt , M. Tripathi , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. T. White , D. White , M. S. Witherell , M. Wlasenko , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

Results from the First Science Run of the ZEPLIN-III Dark Matter Search Experiment

The ZEPLIN-III experiment in the Palmer Underground Laboratory at Boulby uses a 12kg two-phase xenon time projection chamber to search for the weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that may account for the dark matter of our Galaxy.…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2009-11-06 V. N. Lebedenko , H. M. Araujo , E. J. Barnes , A. Bewick , R. Cashmore , V. Chepel , A. Currie , D. Davidge , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , C. Ghag , M. Horn , A. S. Howard , A. J. Hughes , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , G. E. Kalmus , A. G. Kovalenko , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , P. Majewski , A. StJ. Murphy , F. Neves , J. Pinto da Cunha , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , P. R. Scovell , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , V. N. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , R. J. Walker

The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: instrument design, manufacture and commissioning

We present details of the technical design and manufacture of the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment. ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase xenon detector which measures both the scintillation light and the ionisation charge generated in the liquid by…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2009-11-11 D. Yu. Akimov , G. J. Alner , H. M. Araujo , A. Bewick , C. Bungau , A. A. Burenkov , M. J. Carson , V. Chepel , D. Cline , D. Davidge , J. C. Davies , E. Daw , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , T. Gamble , C. Chag , R. J. Hollingworth , A. S. Howard , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , J. Kirkpatrick , A. Kovalenko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , I. S. Kuznetsov , T. Lawson , V. N. Lebedenko , J. D. Lewin , P. Lightfoot , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , D. Muna , A. S. Murphy , F. Neves , G. G. Nicklin , S. M. Paling , D. Muna , J. Pinto da Cunha , S. J. S. Plank , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , M. Robinson , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , N. J. C. Spooner , V. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , D. R. Tovey , E. Tziaferi , R. J. Walker , H. Wang , J. White , F. Wolfs

ZEPLIN IV: A 1-Ton Very Sensitive ZEPLIN II Extension for SUSY Dark Matter

We present a concept of a one ton two-phase liquid Xenon detector based on the concept of the ZEPLIN II detector currently under construction by a UCLA/Torino/UKDM team. The ZEPLIN II detector may be installed in the Boulby laboratory early…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2007-05-23 David B. Cline , Hanguo Wang , Y. Seo

Background Determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment recently reported limits on WIMP-nucleus interactions from its initial science run, down to $9.2\times10^{-48}$ cm$^2$ for the spin-independent interaction of a 36 GeV/c$^2$ WIMP at 90% confidence level. In this…

高能物理 - 实验 · 物理学 2023-07-19 J. Aalbers , D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , S. K. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , A. Baker , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , A. Baxter , K. Beattie , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , G. M. Blockinger , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , M. Buuck , R. Cabrita , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. Chawla , H. Chen , A. P. S. Chiang , N. I. Chott , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , O. Creaner , C. E. Dahl , A. David , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , C. Ding , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , N. M. Fearon , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , R. Gibbons , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , J. Green , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. Han , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , D. Khaitan , I. Khurana , R. Kirk , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. A. Leason , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , C. Lu , S. Luitz , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. E. McCarthy , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , J. A. Nikoleyczik , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , B. Penning , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , A. Piepke , D. Porzio , S. Poudel , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , H. S. Riyat , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , T. Rushton , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , D. J. Temples , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , U. Utku , A. C. Vaitkus , A. Wang , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , F. L. H. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh

Sub-GeV Dark Matter Searches and Electric Field Studies for the LUX and LZ Experiments

The nature of dark matter (DM) remains a mystery since it has so far eluded detection in the laboratory. To that end, the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment was built to directly observe the interaction of DM with xenon target nuclei.…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2019-04-22 Lucie Tvrznikova

The Present and Future of Searching for Dark Matter with LUX and LZ

The LUX collaboration new results advance the search for dark matter candidate particles in the 4 GeV/c^2 and higher mass range, with a maximal spin-independent 90% C.L. limit of 2 x 10^-46 cm^2 at 50 GeV/c^2 for its 332 live-day run,…

宇宙学与河外天体物理 · 物理学 2019-08-15 M. Szydagis

Dark Matter at Boulby Mine

The Boulby Dark Matter Collaboration (BDMC) is running a WIMP Dark Matter research programme in the underground laboratory of Boulby Mine. The two axes of the programme are based on (1) liquid Xenon (LXe) as the WIMP target and (2)…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2015-06-24 R. Luscher

A WIMP Detector with Two-Phase Liquid Xenon

We describe the liquid-xenon dark-matter detector program of the UCLA-Torino team. A two-phase detector, ZEPLIN II, for the Boulby Mine is a good match for the current search for WIMP dark matter.

天体物理学 · 物理学 2009-10-31 David B. Cline

The XENON Dark Matter Experiment

The XENON experiment aims at the direct detection of dark matter in the form of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) via their elastic scattering off Xenon nuclei. With a fiducial mass of 1000 kg of liquid xenon, a sufficiently low…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2007-05-23 XENON Collaboration , Elena Aprile

Dark Matter Searches with LUX

We report here on the results from the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) search with the LUX dark matter experiment. LUX, a two-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) with 250 kg of active mass, has been operated from 2012 until…

高能物理 - 实验 · 物理学 2017-10-11 Cláudio Frederico Pascoal da Silva

The ZEPLIN II dark matter detector: data acquisition system and data reduction

ZEPLIN-II is a two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon dark matter detector searching for WIMP-nucleon interactions. In this paper we describe the data acquisition system used to record the data from ZEPLIN-II and the reduction procedures which…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2009-11-13 G. J. Alner

Dark matter experiments at Boulby mine

The Boulby Dark Matter Collaboration (BDMC) is running several experiments for particle (WIMP) dark matter search in the Underground Boulby Laboratory. These include a liquid xenon detector (ZEPLIN I) and a low pressure gas TPC with…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2015-06-24 V. A. Kudryavtsev

Dual-Phase Liquid Xenon Detectors for Dark Matter Searches

Dual-phase time projection chambers (TPCs) filled with the liquid noble gas xenon (LXe) are currently the most sensitive detectors searching for interactions of WIMP dark matter in a laboratory-based experiment. This is achieved by…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2014-08-08 Marc Schumann

Optical Calibration System for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Outer Detector

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment will search for dark matter particle interactions with a detector containing a total of 10 tonnes of liquid xenon. Surrounding the liquid xenon cryostat is an outer detector veto system with the primary aim of…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2021-07-07 W. Turner , A. Baxter , H. J. Birch , B. Boxer , S. Burdin , E. Fraser , A. Greenall , S. Powel , P. Sutcliffe

The XENON Dark Matter Search Experiment

The XENON experiment aims at the direct detection of dark matter in the form of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) via their elastic scattering off Xe nuclei. A fiducial mass of 1000 kg, distributed in ten independent liquid xenon…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2009-11-10 E. Aprile , K. L. Giboni , P. Majewski , K. Ni , M. Yamashita , R. Gaitskell , P. Sorensen , L. DeViveiros , L. Baudis , A. Bernstein , C. Hagmann , C. Winant , T. Shutt , J. Kwong , U. Oberlack , D. McKinsey , R. Hasty

The LUX Dark Matter Search -- Status Update

We report on the design, construction and commissioning of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter detector at the Sanford Laboratory in Lead, SD, USA. From its inception in 2007, to its construction at a surface laboratory in lead in…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2019-08-13 S. Fiorucci

Liquid Xenon for a Very Sensitive WIMP Search

We describe the research and development efforts of the UCLA Torino group to develop a large, powerful, discriminating WIMP detector. We also discuss the possible amplifications of the WIMP signal. The first real detector, ZEPLIN II, is…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2009-10-31 David B. Cline

DARWIN: towards the ultimate dark matter detector

DARk matter WImp search with liquid xenoN (DARWIN) will be an experiment for the direct detection of dark matter using a multi-ton liquid xenon time projection chamber at its core. Its primary goal will be to explore the experimentally…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2016-12-02 J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , C. Amsler , E. Aprile , L. Arazi , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , B. Beskers , A. Breskin , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Buetikofer , J. Calven , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , S. Diglio , G. Drexlin , E. Duchovni , E. Erdal , G. Eurin , A. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , M. Galloway , M. Garbini , C. Geis , F. Glueck , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , V. Hannen , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , D. Hilk , C. Hils , A. James , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , B. Kilminster , A. Kish , L. M. Krauss , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , Q. Lin , F. L. Linde , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. D. Mora , E. Morteau , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , J. L. Newstead , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , P. de Perio , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , M. C. Piro , G. Plante , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , A. Rizzo , N. Rupp , J. M. F. Dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , M. Schumann , J. Schreiner , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , M. C. Silva , H. Simgen , P. Sissol , M. von Sivers , D. Thers , J. Thurn , A. Tiseni , R. Trotta , C. D. Tunnell , K. Valerius , M. A. Vargas , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , T. Wester , J. Wulf , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , K. Zuber

Underground Commissioning of LUX

LUX is a dual-phase xenon TPC designed for the direct detection of dark matter. Using 370 kg of xenon, LUX is capable of setting a WIMP-nucleon cross section limit at 2 x 10^-46 cm^2 after 300 days of running. LUX will surpass all existing…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2019-08-13 Michael Woods