Aug 26 – 30, 2024
University of Chicago
America/Chicago timezone

Status of the LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Experiment

Aug 26, 2024, 12:00 PM
30m

Speaker

Scott Haselschwardt (University of Michigan)

Description

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment is actively collecting physics data in the search for WIMP dark matter and other novel physics interactions nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. LZ achieves an unprecedented sensitivity for discovering WIMP-nucleon interactions by employing a low-background, 7-tonne liquid xenon time-projection chamber surrounded by a three-component veto system: a liquid-xenon skin, a nearly-hermetic Gd-loaded liquid scintillator, and an instrumented tank of ultra-pure water. This talk will provide an overview of the LZ experiment and discuss its current status and recent results.

Primary author

Scott Haselschwardt (University of Michigan)

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