Kudryavtsev, V.A. orcid.org/0000-0002-7018-5827 (2019) Recent Results from LUX and Prospects for Dark Matter Searches with LZ †. Universe, 5 (3). 73. ISSN 2218-1997
Abstract
Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) remains one of the most promising dark matter candidates. Many experiments around the world are searching for WIMPs and the best current sensitivity to WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross-section is about 10−10 pb. LUX has been one of the world-leading experiments in the search for dark matter WIMPs. Results from the LUX experiment on WIMP searches for different WIMP masses are summarised in this paper. The LUX detector will be replaced by its successor, the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector. With 50 times larger fiducial mass and an increased background rejection power due to specially-designed veto systems, the LZ experiment (due to take first data in 2020) will achieve a sensitivity to WIMPs exceeding the current best limits by more than an order of magnitude (for spin-independent interactions and for WIMP masses exceeding a few GeV). An overview of the LZ experiment is presented and LZ sensitivity is discussed based on the accurately modelled background and the high-sensitivity material screening campaign.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | dark matter; WIMPs; radioactivity; detectors; underground experiments |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL ST/M003469/1 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL ST/N000277/1 Science and Technology Facilities Council ST/N000277/1 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL ST/P00573X/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 Mar 2019 10:52 |
Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2019 10:52 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/universe5030073 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:143923 |