Journal article
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) 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.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/j.nima.2019.163047
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Journal:
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment More from this journal
- Volume:
- 953
- Article number:
- 163047
- Publication date:
- 2019-10-28
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-10-24
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1872-9576
- ISSN:
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0168-9002
- Language:
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English
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1078507
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pubs:1078507
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2020-04-28
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- Elsevier B.V.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
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- © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Elsevier at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163047
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