The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.163047

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Collaboration

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	163047
Number of pages	22
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	953
Early online date	28 Oct 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163047
Publication status	Published - 11 Feb 2020

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AU - Ford, P.

AU - Greenwood, S.

AU - Hall, C. R.

AU - Hamilton, D.

AU - Hans, S.

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AU - Horn, M.

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AU - Johnson, P.

AU - Jones, W. G.

AU - Kim, Y. D.

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AU - Krikler, B.

AU - Lambert, A. R.

AU - Lee, H. S.

AU - Lee, J.

AU - Lee, C.

AU - Leonard, D. S.

AU - Li, J.

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AU - So, J.

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AU - Taylor, R.

AU - Taylor, D. J.

AU - Thomas, K. J.

AU - Turner, W.

AU - Walker, K.

AU - Wang, J. J.

AU - Wang, R.

AU - Wang, L.

AU - Wang, Y.

AU - Watson, J. R.

AU - Webb, R. C.

AU - Wei, W. -Z.

AU - White, R. G.

AU - White, J. T.

AU - White, D. T.

AU - Wilson, K.

AU - Xu, J.

AU - Yin, J.

AU - Zhang, C.

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