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  1. Article ; Online: Results of a Search for Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using 2013 LUX Data.

    Akerib, D S / Alsum, S / Araújo, H M / Bai, X / Balajthy, J / Beltrame, P / Bernard, E P / Bernstein, A / Biesiadzinski, T P / Boulton, E M / Boxer, B / Brás, P / Burdin, S / Byram, D / Carmona-Benitez, M C / Chan, C / Cutter, J E / Davison, T J R / Druszkiewicz, E /
    Fallon, S R / Fan, A / Fiorucci, S / Gaitskell, R J / Genovesi, J / Ghag, C / Gilchriese, M G D / Gwilliam, C / Hall, C R / Haselschwardt, S J / Hertel, S A / Hogan, D P / Horn, M / Huang, D Q / Ignarra, C M / Jacobsen, R G / Jahangir, O / Ji, W / Kamdin, K / Kazkaz, K / Khaitan, D / Knoche, R / Korolkova, E V / Kravitz, S / Kudryavtsev, V A / Lenardo, B G / Lesko, K T / Liao, J / Lin, J / Lindote, A / Lopes, M I / Manalaysay, A / Mannino, R L / Marangou, N / Marzioni, M F / McKinsey, D N / Mei, D-M / Moongweluwan, M / Morad, J A / Murphy, A St J / Naylor, A / Nehrkorn, C / Nelson, H N / Neves, F / Oliver-Mallory, K C / Palladino, K J / Pease, E K / Riffard, Q / Rischbieter, G R C / Rhyne, C / Rossiter, P / Shaw, S / Shutt, T A / Silva, C / Solmaz, M / Solovov, V N / Sorensen, P / Sumner, T J / Szydagis, M / Taylor, D J / Taylor, W C / Tennyson, B P / Terman, P A / Tiedt, D R / To, W H / Tripathi, M / Tvrznikova, L / Utku, U / Uvarov, S / Velan, V / Webb, R C / White, J T / Whitis, T J / Witherell, M S / Wolfs, F L H / Woodward, D / Xu, J / Yazdani, K / Zhang, C

    Physical review letters

    2019  Volume 122, Issue 13, Page(s) 131301

    Abstract: The scattering of dark matter (DM) particles with sub-GeV masses off nuclei is difficult to detect using liquid xenon-based DM search instruments because the energy transfer during nuclear recoils is smaller than the typical detector threshold. However, ... ...

    Abstract The scattering of dark matter (DM) particles with sub-GeV masses off nuclei is difficult to detect using liquid xenon-based DM search instruments because the energy transfer during nuclear recoils is smaller than the typical detector threshold. However, the tree-level DM-nucleus scattering diagram can be accompanied by simultaneous emission of a bremsstrahlung photon or a so-called "Migdal" electron. These provide an electron recoil component to the experimental signature at higher energies than the corresponding nuclear recoil. The presence of this signature allows liquid xenon detectors to use both the scintillation and the ionization signals in the analysis where the nuclear recoil signal would not be otherwise visible. We report constraints on spin-independent DM-nucleon scattering for DM particles with masses of 0.4-5  GeV/c^{2} using 1.4×10^{4}  kg day of search exposure from the 2013 data from the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment for four different classes of mediators. This analysis extends the reach of liquid xenon-based DM search instruments to lower DM masses than has been achieved previously.
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    Publishing date 2019-04-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
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    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
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    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.131301
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  2. Article ; Online: First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment.

    Aalbers, J / Akerib, D S / Akerlof, C W / Al Musalhi, A K / Alder, F / Alqahtani, A / Alsum, S K / Amarasinghe, C S / Ames, A / Anderson, T J / Angelides, N / Araújo, H M / Armstrong, J E / Arthurs, M / Azadi, S / Bailey, A J / Baker, A / Balajthy, J / Balashov, S /
    Bang, J / Bargemann, J W / Barry, M J / Barthel, J / Bauer, D / Baxter, A / Beattie, K / Belle, J / Beltrame, P / Bensinger, J / Benson, T / Bernard, E P / Bhatti, A / Biekert, A / Biesiadzinski, T P / Birch, H J / Birrittella, B / Blockinger, G M / Boast, K E / Boxer, B / Bramante, R / Brew, C A J / Brás, P / Buckley, J H / Bugaev, V V / Burdin, S / Busenitz, J K / Buuck, M / Cabrita, R / Carels, C / Carlsmith, D L / Carlson, B / Carmona-Benitez, M C / Cascella, M / Chan, C / Chawla, A / Chen, H / Cherwinka, J J / Chott, N I / Cole, A / Coleman, J / Converse, M V / Cottle, A / Cox, G / Craddock, W W / Creaner, O / Curran, D / Currie, A / Cutter, J E / Dahl, C E / David, A / Davis, J / Davison, T J R / Delgaudio, J / Dey, S / de Viveiros, L / Dobi, A / Dobson, J E Y / Druszkiewicz, E / Dushkin, A / Edberg, T K / Edwards, W R / Elnimr, M M / Emmet, W T / Eriksen, S R / Faham, C H / Fan, A / Fayer, S / Fearon, N M / Fiorucci, S / Flaecher, H / Ford, P / Francis, V B / Fraser, E D / Fruth, T / Gaitskell, R J / Gantos, N J / Garcia, D / Geffre, A / Gehman, V M / Genovesi, J / Ghag, C / Gibbons, R / Gibson, E / Gilchriese, M G D / Gokhale, S / Gomber, B / Green, J / Greenall, A / Greenwood, S / van der Grinten, M G D / Gwilliam, C B / Hall, C R / Hans, S / Hanzel, K / Harrison, A / Hartigan-O'Connor, E / Haselschwardt, S J / Hernandez, M A / Hertel, S A / Heuermann, G / Hjemfelt, C / Hoff, M D / Holtom, E / Hor, J Y-K / Horn, M / Huang, D Q / Hunt, D / Ignarra, C M / Jacobsen, R G / Jahangir, O / James, R S / Jeffery, S N / Ji, W / Johnson, J / Kaboth, A C / Kamaha, A C / Kamdin, K / Kasey, V / Kazkaz, K / Keefner, J / Khaitan, D / Khaleeq, M / Khazov, A / Khurana, I / Kim, Y D / Kocher, C D / Kodroff, D / Korley, L / Korolkova, E V / Kras, J / Kraus, H / Kravitz, S / Krebs, H J / Kreczko, L / Krikler, B / Kudryavtsev, V A / Kyre, S / Landerud, B / Leason, E A / Lee, C / Lee, J / Leonard, D S / Leonard, R / Lesko, K T / Levy, C / Li, J / Liao, F-T / Liao, J / Lin, J / Lindote, A / Linehan, R / Lippincott, W H / Liu, R / Liu, X / Liu, Y / Loniewski, C / Lopes, M I / Lopez Asamar, E / López Paredes, B / Lorenzon, W / Lucero, D / Luitz, S / Lyle, J M / Majewski, P A / Makkinje, J / Malling, D C / Manalaysay, A / Manenti, L / Mannino, R L / Marangou, N / Marzioni, M F / Maupin, C / McCarthy, M E / McConnell, C T / McKinsey, D N / McLaughlin, J / Meng, Y / Migneault, J / Miller, E H / Mizrachi, E / Mock, J A / Monte, A / Monzani, M E / Morad, J A / Morales Mendoza, J D / Morrison, E / Mount, B J / Murdy, M / Murphy, A St J / Naim, D / Naylor, A / Nedlik, C / Nehrkorn, C / Neves, F / Nguyen, A / Nikoleyczik, J A / Nilima, A / O'Dell, J / O'Neill, F G / O'Sullivan, K / Olcina, I / Olevitch, M A / Oliver-Mallory, K C / Orpwood, J / Pagenkopf, D / Pal, S / Palladino, K J / Palmer, J / Pangilinan, M / Parveen, N / Patton, S J / Pease, E K / Penning, B / Pereira, C / Pereira, G / Perry, E / Pershing, T / Peterson, I B / Piepke, A / Podczerwinski, J / Porzio, D / Powell, S / Preece, R M / Pushkin, K / Qie, Y / Ratcliff, B N / Reichenbacher, J / Reichhart, L / Rhyne, C A / Richards, A / Riffard, Q / Rischbieter, G R C / Rodrigues, J P / Rodriguez, A / Rose, H J / Rosero, R / Rossiter, P / Rushton, T / Rutherford, G / Rynders, D / Saba, J S / Santone, D / Sazzad, A B M R / Schnee, R W / Scovell, P R / Seymour, D / Shaw, S / Shutt, T / Silk, J J / Silva, C / Sinev, G / Skarpaas, K / Skulski, W / Smith, R / Solmaz, M / Solovov, V N / Sorensen, P / Soria, J / Stancu, I / Stark, M R / Stevens, A / Stiegler, T M / Stifter, K / Studley, R / Suerfu, B / Sumner, T J / Sutcliffe, P / Swanson, N / Szydagis, M / Tan, M / Taylor, D J / Taylor, R / Taylor, W C / Temples, D J / Tennyson, B P / Terman, P A / Thomas, K J / Tiedt, D R / Timalsina, M / To, W H / Tomás, A / Tong, Z / Tovey, D R / Tranter, J / Trask, M / Tripathi, M / Tronstad, D R / Tull, C E / Turner, W / Tvrznikova, L / Utku, U / Va'vra, J / Vacheret, A / Vaitkus, A C / Verbus, J R / Voirin, E / Waldron, W L / Wang, A / Wang, B / Wang, J J / Wang, W / Wang, Y / Watson, J R / Webb, R C / White, A / White, D T / White, J T / White, R G / Whitis, T J / Williams, M / Wisniewski, W J / Witherell, M S / Wolfs, F L H / Wolfs, J D / Woodford, S / Woodward, D / Worm, S D / Wright, C J / Xia, Q / Xiang, X / Xiao, Q / Xu, J / Yeh, M / Yin, J / Young, I / Zarzhitsky, P / Zuckerman, A / Zweig, E A

    Physical review letters

    2023  Volume 131, Issue 4, Page(s) 41002

    Abstract: The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. This Letter reports results from LUX-ZEPLIN's first search for ... ...

    Abstract The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. This Letter reports results from LUX-ZEPLIN's first search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with an exposure of 60 live days using a fiducial mass of 5.5 t. A profile-likelihood ratio analysis shows the data to be consistent with a background-only hypothesis, setting new limits on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon, spin-dependent WIMP-neutron, and spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross sections for WIMP masses above 9  GeV/c^{2}. The most stringent limit is set for spin-independent scattering at 36  GeV/c^{2}, rejecting cross sections above 9.2×10^{-48}  cm at the 90% confidence level.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
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    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
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    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.041002
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  3. Article ; Online: Results from a Search for Dark Matter in the Complete LUX Exposure.

    Akerib, D S / Alsum, S / Araújo, H M / Bai, X / Bailey, A J / Balajthy, J / Beltrame, P / Bernard, E P / Bernstein, A / Biesiadzinski, T P / Boulton, E M / Bramante, R / Brás, P / Byram, D / Cahn, S B / Carmona-Benitez, M C / Chan, C / Chiller, A A / Chiller, C /
    Currie, A / Cutter, J E / Davison, T J R / Dobi, A / Dobson, J E Y / Druszkiewicz, E / Edwards, B N / Faham, C H / Fiorucci, S / Gaitskell, R J / Gehman, V M / Ghag, C / Gibson, K R / Gilchriese, M G D / Hall, C R / Hanhardt, M / Haselschwardt, S J / Hertel, S A / Hogan, D P / Horn, M / Huang, D Q / Ignarra, C M / Ihm, M / Jacobsen, R G / Ji, W / Kamdin, K / Kazkaz, K / Khaitan, D / Knoche, R / Larsen, N A / Lee, C / Lenardo, B G / Lesko, K T / Lindote, A / Lopes, M I / Manalaysay, A / Mannino, R L / Marzioni, M F / McKinsey, D N / Mei, D-M / Mock, J / Moongweluwan, M / Morad, J A / Murphy, A St J / Nehrkorn, C / Nelson, H N / Neves, F / O'Sullivan, K / Oliver-Mallory, K C / Palladino, K J / Pease, E K / Phelps, P / Reichhart, L / Rhyne, C / Shaw, S / Shutt, T A / Silva, C / Solmaz, M / Solovov, V N / Sorensen, P / Stephenson, S / Sumner, T J / Szydagis, M / Taylor, D J / Taylor, W C / Tennyson, B P / Terman, P A / Tiedt, D R / To, W H / Tripathi, M / Tvrznikova, L / Uvarov, S / Verbus, J R / Webb, R C / White, J T / Whitis, T J / Witherell, M S / Wolfs, F L H / Xu, J / Yazdani, K / Young, S K / Zhang, C

    Physical review letters

    2017  Volume 118, Issue 2, Page(s) 21303

    Abstract: We report constraints on spin-independent weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-nucleon scattering using a 3.35×10^{4}  kg day exposure of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment. A dual-phase xenon time projection chamber with 250 kg of active ...

    Abstract We report constraints on spin-independent weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-nucleon scattering using a 3.35×10^{4}  kg day exposure of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment. A dual-phase xenon time projection chamber with 250 kg of active mass is operated at the Sanford Underground Research Facility under Lead, South Dakota (USA). With roughly fourfold improvement in sensitivity for high WIMP masses relative to our previous results, this search yields no evidence of WIMP nuclear recoils. At a WIMP mass of 50  GeV c^{-2}, WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross sections above 2.2×10^{-46}  cm^{2} are excluded at the 90% confidence level. When combined with the previously reported LUX exposure, this exclusion strengthens to 1.1×10^{-46}  cm^{2} at 50  GeV c^{-2}.
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    Publishing date 2017-01-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
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    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
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    ISSN 0031-9007
    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.021303
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  4. Article ; Online: First Searches for Axions and Axionlike Particles with the LUX Experiment.

    Akerib, D S / Alsum, S / Aquino, C / Araújo, H M / Bai, X / Bailey, A J / Balajthy, J / Beltrame, P / Bernard, E P / Bernstein, A / Biesiadzinski, T P / Boulton, E M / Brás, P / Byram, D / Cahn, S B / Carmona-Benitez, M C / Chan, C / Chiller, A A / Chiller, C /
    Currie, A / Cutter, J E / Davison, T J R / Dobi, A / Dobson, J E Y / Druszkiewicz, E / Edwards, B N / Faham, C H / Fallon, S R / Fiorucci, S / Gaitskell, R J / Gehman, V M / Ghag, C / Gibson, K R / Gilchriese, M G D / Hall, C R / Hanhardt, M / Haselschwardt, S J / Hertel, S A / Hogan, D P / Horn, M / Huang, D Q / Ignarra, C M / Jacobsen, R G / Ji, W / Kamdin, K / Kazkaz, K / Khaitan, D / Knoche, R / Larsen, N A / Lee, C / Lenardo, B G / Lesko, K T / Lindote, A / Lopes, M I / Manalaysay, A / Mannino, R L / Marzioni, M F / McKinsey, D N / Mei, D-M / Mock, J / Moongweluwan, M / Morad, J A / Murphy, A St J / Nehrkorn, C / Nelson, H N / Neves, F / O'Sullivan, K / Oliver-Mallory, K C / Palladino, K J / Pease, E K / Reichhart, L / Rhyne, C / Shaw, S / Shutt, T A / Silva, C / Solmaz, M / Solovov, V N / Sorensen, P / Stephenson, S / Sumner, T J / Szydagis, M / Taylor, D J / Taylor, W C / Tennyson, B P / Terman, P A / Tiedt, D R / To, W H / Tripathi, M / Tvrznikova, L / Uvarov, S / Velan, V / Verbus, J R / Webb, R C / White, J T / Whitis, T J / Witherell, M S / Wolfs, F L H / Xu, J / Yazdani, K / Young, S K / Zhang, C

    Physical review letters

    2017  Volume 118, Issue 26, Page(s) 261301

    Abstract: The first searches for axions and axionlike particles with the Large Underground Xenon experiment are presented. Under the assumption of an axioelectric interaction in xenon, the coupling constant between axions and electrons g_{Ae} is tested using data ... ...

    Abstract The first searches for axions and axionlike particles with the Large Underground Xenon experiment are presented. Under the assumption of an axioelectric interaction in xenon, the coupling constant between axions and electrons g_{Ae} is tested using data collected in 2013 with an exposure totaling 95 live days ×118  kg. A double-sided, profile likelihood ratio statistic test excludes g_{Ae} larger than 3.5×10^{-12} (90% C.L.) for solar axions. Assuming the Dine-Fischler-Srednicki-Zhitnitsky theoretical description, the upper limit in coupling corresponds to an upper limit on axion mass of 0.12  eV/c^{2}, while for the Kim-Shifman-Vainshtein-Zhakharov description masses above 36.6  eV/c^{2} are excluded. For galactic axionlike particles, values of g_{Ae} larger than 4.2×10^{-13} are excluded for particle masses in the range 1-16  keV/c^{2}. These are the most stringent constraints to date for these interactions.
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    Publishing date 2017-06-30
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 208853-8
    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
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    ISSN 0031-9007
    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.261301
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  5. Article ; Online: Limits on Spin-Dependent WIMP-Nucleon Cross Section Obtained from the Complete LUX Exposure.

    Akerib, D S / Alsum, S / Araújo, H M / Bai, X / Bailey, A J / Balajthy, J / Beltrame, P / Bernard, E P / Bernstein, A / Biesiadzinski, T P / Boulton, E M / Brás, P / Byram, D / Cahn, S B / Carmona-Benitez, M C / Chan, C / Chiller, A A / Chiller, C / Currie, A /
    Cutter, J E / Davison, T J R / Dobi, A / Dobson, J E Y / Druszkiewicz, E / Edwards, B N / Faham, C H / Fallon, S R / Fiorucci, S / Gaitskell, R J / Gehman, V M / Ghag, C / Gilchriese, M G D / Hall, C R / Hanhardt, M / Haselschwardt, S J / Hertel, S A / Hogan, D P / Horn, M / Huang, D Q / Ignarra, C M / Jacobsen, R G / Ji, W / Kamdin, K / Kazkaz, K / Khaitan, D / Knoche, R / Larsen, N A / Lee, C / Lenardo, B G / Lesko, K T / Lindote, A / Lopes, M I / Manalaysay, A / Mannino, R L / Marzioni, M F / McKinsey, D N / Mei, D-M / Mock, J / Moongweluwan, M / Morad, J A / Murphy, A St J / Nehrkorn, C / Nelson, H N / Neves, F / O'Sullivan, K / Oliver-Mallory, K C / Palladino, K J / Pease, E K / Reichhart, L / Rhyne, C / Shaw, S / Shutt, T A / Silva, C / Solmaz, M / Solovov, V N / Sorensen, P / Stephenson, S / Sumner, T J / Szydagis, M / Taylor, D J / Taylor, W C / Tennyson, B P / Terman, P A / Tiedt, D R / To, W H / Tripathi, M / Tvrznikova, L / Uvarov, S / Velan, V / Verbus, J R / Webb, R C / White, J T / Whitis, T J / Witherell, M S / Wolfs, F L H / Xu, J / Yazdani, K / Young, S K / Zhang, C

    Physical review letters

    2017  Volume 118, Issue 25, Page(s) 251302

    Abstract: We present experimental constraints on the spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon elastic cross sections from the total 129.5  kg yr exposure acquired by the Large Underground Xenon experiment (LUX), operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, ... ...

    Abstract We present experimental constraints on the spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon elastic cross sections from the total 129.5  kg yr exposure acquired by the Large Underground Xenon experiment (LUX), operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota (USA). A profile likelihood ratio analysis allows 90% C.L. upper limits to be set on the WIMP-neutron (WIMP-proton) cross section of σ_{n}=1.6×10^{-41}  cm^{2} (σ_{p}=5×10^{-40}  cm^{2}) at 35  GeV c^{-2}, almost a sixfold improvement over the previous LUX spin-dependent results. The spin-dependent WIMP-neutron limit is the most sensitive constraint to date.
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    Publishing date 2017-06-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
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  6. Book ; Online: Improved Modeling of $\beta$ Electronic Recoils in Liquid Xenon Using LUX Calibration Data

    The LUX Collaboration / Akerib, D. S. / Alsum, S. / Araújo, H. M. / Bai, X. / Balajthy, J. / Baxter, A. / Bernard, E. P. / Bernstein, A. / Biesiadzinski, T. P. / Boulton, E. M. / Boxer, B. / Brás, P. / Burdin, S. / Byram, D. / Carmona-Benitez, M. C. / Chan, C. / Cutter, J. E. / de Viveiros, L. /
    Druszkiewicz, E. / Fan, A. / Fiorucci, S. / Gaitskell, R. J. / Ghag, C. / Gilchriese, M. G. D. / Gwilliam, C. / Hall, C. R. / Haselschwardt, S. J. / Hertel, S. A. / Hogan, D. P. / Horn, M. / Huang, D. Q. / Ignarra, C. M. / Jacobsen, R. G. / Jahangir, O. / Ji, W. / Kamdin, K. / Kazkaz, K. / Khaitan, D. / Korolkova, E. V. / Kravits, S. / Kudryavtsev, V. A. / Leason, E. / Lenardo, B. G. / Lesko, K. T. / Liao, J. / Lin, J. / Lindote, A. / Lopes, M. I. / Manalaysay, A. / Mannino, R. L. / Marangou, N. / Marzioni, M. F. / McKinsey, D. N. / Mei, D. M. / Moongweluwan, M. / Morad, J. A. / Murphy, A. St. J. / Naylor, A. / Nehrkorn, C. / Nelson, H. N. / Neves, F. / Nilima, A. / Oliver-Mallory, K. C. / Palladino, K. J. / Pease, E. K. / Riffard, Q. / Rischbieter, G. R. C. / Rhyne, C. / Rossiter, P. / Shaw, S. / Shutt, T. A. / Silva, C. / Solmaz, M. / Solovov, V. N. / Sorensen, P. / Sumner, T. J. / Szydagis, M. / Taylor, D. J. / Taylor, R. / Taylor, W. C. / Tennyson, B. P. / Terman, P. A. / Tiedt, D. R. / To, W. H. / Tripathi, M. / Tvrznikova, L. / Utku, U. / Uvarov, S. / Vacheret, A. / Velan, V. / Webb, R. C. / White, J. T. / Whitis, T. J. / Witherell, M. S. / Wolfs, F. L. H. / Woodward, D. / Xu, J. / Zhang, C.

    2019  

    Abstract: We report here methods and techniques for creating and improving a model that reproduces the scintillation and ionization response of a dual-phase liquid and gaseous xenon time-projection chamber. Starting with the recent release of the Noble Element ... ...

    Abstract We report here methods and techniques for creating and improving a model that reproduces the scintillation and ionization response of a dual-phase liquid and gaseous xenon time-projection chamber. Starting with the recent release of the Noble Element Simulation Technique (NEST v2.0), electronic recoil data from the $\beta$ decays of ${}^3$H and ${}^{14}$C in the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) detector were used to tune the model, in addition to external data sets that allow for extrapolation beyond the LUX data-taking conditions. This paper also presents techniques used for modeling complicated temporal and spatial detector pathologies that can adversely affect data using a simplified model framework. The methods outlined in this report show an example of the robust applications possible with NEST v2.0, while also providing the final electronic recoil model and detector parameters that will used in the new analysis package, the LUX Legacy Analysis Monte Carlo Application (LLAMA), for accurate reproduction of the LUX data. As accurate background reproduction is crucial for the success of rare-event searches, such as dark matter direct detection experiments, the techniques outlined here can be used in other single-phase and dual-phase xenon detectors to assist with accurate ER background reproduction.

    Comment: 17 Pages, 10 Figures, 2 Tables
    Keywords Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ; High Energy Physics - Experiment
    Subject code 621
    Publishing date 2019-10-09
    Publishing country us
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  7. Article ; Online: Results on the Spin-Dependent Scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles on Nucleons from the Run 3 Data of the LUX Experiment.

    Akerib, D S / Araújo, H M / Bai, X / Bailey, A J / Balajthy, J / Beltrame, P / Bernard, E P / Bernstein, A / Biesiadzinski, T P / Boulton, E M / Bradley, A / Bramante, R / Cahn, S B / Carmona-Benitez, M C / Chan, C / Chapman, J J / Chiller, A A / Chiller, C / Currie, A /
    Cutter, J E / Davison, T J R / de Viveiros, L / Dobi, A / Dobson, J E Y / Druszkiewicz, E / Edwards, B N / Faham, C H / Fiorucci, S / Gaitskell, R J / Gehman, V M / Ghag, C / Gibson, K R / Gilchriese, M G D / Hall, C R / Hanhardt, M / Haselschwardt, S J / Hertel, S A / Hogan, D P / Horn, M / Huang, D Q / Ignarra, C M / Ihm, M / Jacobsen, R G / Ji, W / Kazkaz, K / Khaitan, D / Knoche, R / Larsen, N A / Lee, C / Lenardo, B G / Lesko, K T / Lindote, A / Lopes, M I / Malling, D C / Manalaysay, A / Mannino, R L / Marzioni, M F / McKinsey, D N / Mei, D-M / Mock, J / Moongweluwan, M / Morad, J A / Murphy, A St J / Nehrkorn, C / Nelson, H N / Neves, F / O'Sullivan, K / Oliver-Mallory, K C / Ott, R A / Palladino, K J / Pangilinan, M / Pease, E K / Phelps, P / Reichhart, L / Rhyne, C / Shaw, S / Shutt, T A / Silva, C / Solovov, V N / Sorensen, P / Stephenson, S / Sumner, T J / Szydagis, M / Taylor, D J / Taylor, W / Tennyson, B P / Terman, P A / Tiedt, D R / To, W H / Tripathi, M / Tvrznikova, L / Uvarov, S / Verbus, J R / Webb, R C / White, J T / Whitis, T J / Witherell, M S / Wolfs, F L H / Yazdani, K / Young, S K / Zhang, C

    Physical review letters

    2016  Volume 116, Issue 16, Page(s) 161302

    Abstract: We present experimental constraints on the spin-dependent WIMP (weakly interacting massive particle)-nucleon elastic cross sections from LUX data acquired in 2013. LUX is a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground ... ...

    Abstract We present experimental constraints on the spin-dependent WIMP (weakly interacting massive particle)-nucleon elastic cross sections from LUX data acquired in 2013. LUX is a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (Lead, South Dakota), which is designed to observe the recoil signature of galactic WIMPs scattering from xenon nuclei. A profile likelihood ratio analysis of 1.4×10^{4}  kg day of fiducial exposure allows 90% C.L. upper limits to be set on the WIMP-neutron (WIMP-proton) cross section of σ_{n}=9.4×10^{-41}  cm^{2} (σ_{p}=2.9×10^{-39}  cm^{2}) at 33  GeV/c^{2}. The spin-dependent WIMP-neutron limit is the most sensitive constraint to date.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-04-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 208853-8
    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
    ISSN (online) 1079-7114
    ISSN 0031-9007
    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.161302
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  8. Article ; Online: Improved Limits on Scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from Reanalysis of 2013 LUX Data.

    Akerib, D S / Araújo, H M / Bai, X / Bailey, A J / Balajthy, J / Beltrame, P / Bernard, E P / Bernstein, A / Biesiadzinski, T P / Boulton, E M / Bradley, A / Bramante, R / Cahn, S B / Carmona-Benitez, M C / Chan, C / Chapman, J J / Chiller, A A / Chiller, C / Currie, A /
    Cutter, J E / Davison, T J R / de Viveiros, L / Dobi, A / Dobson, J E Y / Druszkiewicz, E / Edwards, B N / Faham, C H / Fiorucci, S / Gaitskell, R J / Gehman, V M / Ghag, C / Gibson, K R / Gilchriese, M G D / Hall, C R / Hanhardt, M / Haselschwardt, S J / Hertel, S A / Hogan, D P / Horn, M / Huang, D Q / Ignarra, C M / Ihm, M / Jacobsen, R G / Ji, W / Kazkaz, K / Khaitan, D / Knoche, R / Larsen, N A / Lee, C / Lenardo, B G / Lesko, K T / Lindote, A / Lopes, M I / Malling, D C / Manalaysay, A / Mannino, R L / Marzioni, M F / McKinsey, D N / Mei, D-M / Mock, J / Moongweluwan, M / Morad, J A / Murphy, A St J / Nehrkorn, C / Nelson, H N / Neves, F / O'Sullivan, K / Oliver-Mallory, K C / Ott, R A / Palladino, K J / Pangilinan, M / Pease, E K / Phelps, P / Reichhart, L / Rhyne, C / Shaw, S / Shutt, T A / Silva, C / Solovov, V N / Sorensen, P / Stephenson, S / Sumner, T J / Szydagis, M / Taylor, D J / Taylor, W / Tennyson, B P / Terman, P A / Tiedt, D R / To, W H / Tripathi, M / Tvrznikova, L / Uvarov, S / Verbus, J R / Webb, R C / White, J T / Whitis, T J / Witherell, M S / Wolfs, F L H / Yazdani, K / Young, S K / Zhang, C

    Physical review letters

    2016  Volume 116, Issue 16, Page(s) 161301

    Abstract: We present constraints on weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP)-nucleus scattering from the 2013 data of the Large Underground Xenon dark matter experiment, including 1.4×10^{4}  kg day of search exposure. This new analysis incorporates several ... ...

    Abstract We present constraints on weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP)-nucleus scattering from the 2013 data of the Large Underground Xenon dark matter experiment, including 1.4×10^{4}  kg day of search exposure. This new analysis incorporates several advances: single-photon calibration at the scintillation wavelength, improved event-reconstruction algorithms, a revised background model including events originating on the detector walls in an enlarged fiducial volume, and new calibrations from decays of an injected tritium β source and from kinematically constrained nuclear recoils down to 1.1 keV. Sensitivity, especially to low-mass WIMPs, is enhanced compared to our previous results which modeled the signal only above a 3 keV minimum energy. Under standard dark matter halo assumptions and in the mass range above 4  GeV c^{-2}, these new results give the most stringent direct limits on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section. The 90% C.L. upper limit has a minimum of 0.6 zb at 33  GeV c^{-2} WIMP mass.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-04-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 208853-8
    ISSN 1079-7114 ; 0031-9007
    ISSN (online) 1079-7114
    ISSN 0031-9007
    DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.161301
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