Collaboration, TLZ;
Akerib, DS;
Akerlof, CW;
Akimov, DY;
Alquahtani, A;
Alsum, SK;
Anderson, TJ;
... Zhang, C; + view all
(2020)
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
, 953
, Article 163047. 10.1016/j.nima.2019.163047.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nima.2019.163047 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163047 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10084227 |
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