Simulations of events for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment

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Abstract

The LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter search aims to achieve a sensitivity to the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross-section down to (1--2)×10−12\,pb at a WIMP mass of 40 GeV/c2. This paper describes the simulations framework that, along with radioactivity measurements, was used to support this projection, and also to provide mock data for validating reconstruction and analysis software. Of particular note are the event generators, which allow us to model the background radiation, and the detector response physics used in the production of raw signals, which can be converted into digitized waveforms similar to data from the operational detector. Inclusion of the detector response allows us to process simulated data using the same analysis routines as developed to process the experimental data.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Collaboration, TLUX-ZEPLIN Akerib, DS Akerlof, CW Alquahtani, A Alsum, SK Anderson, TJ Angelides, N Araújo, HM Armstrong, JE Arthurs, M Bai, X Balajthy, J Balashov, S Bang, J Bauer, D Baxter, A Bensinger, J Bernard, EP Bernstein, A Bhatti, A Biekert, A Biesiadzinski, TP Birch, HJ Boast, KE Boxer, B Brás, P Buckley, JH Bugaev, VV Burdin, S Busenitz, JK Cabrita, R Carels, C Carlsmith, DL Carmona-Benitez, MC Cascella, M Chan, C Chott, NI Cole, A Cottle, A Cutter, JE Dahl, CE Viveiros, LD Dobson, JEY Druszkiewicz, E Edberg, TK Eriksen, SR Fan, A Fayer, S Fiorucci, S Flaecher, H Fraser, ED Fruth, T Gaitskell, RJ Genovesi, J Ghag, C Gibson, E Gilchriese, MGD Gokhale, S Grinten, MGDVD Hall, CR Harrison, A Haselschwardt, SJ Hertel, SA Hor, JY-K Horn, M Huang, DQ Ignarra, CM Jahangir, O Ji, W Johnson, J Kaboth, AC Kamaha, AC Kamdin, K Kazkaz, K Khaitan, D Khazov, A Khurana, I Kocher, CD Korley, L Korolkova, EV Kras, J Kraus, H Kravitz, S Kreczko, L Krikler, B Kudryavtsev, VA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7018-5827 Leason, EA Lee, J Leonard, DS Lesko, KT Levy, C Li, J Liao, J Liao, F-T Lin, J Lindote, A Linehan, R Lippincott, WH Liu, R Liu, X Loniewski, C Lopes, MI Paredes, BL Lorenzon, W Luitz, S Lyle, JM Majewski, PA Manalaysay, A Manenti, L Mannino, RL Marangou, N Marzioni, MF McKinsey, DN McLaughlin, J Meng, Y Miller, EH Mizrachi, E Monte, A Monzani, ME Morad, JA Morrison, E Mount, BJ Murphy, ASJ Naim, D Naylor, A Nedlik, C Nehrkorn, C Nelson, HN Neves, F Nikoleyczik, JA Nilima, A Olcina, I Oliver-Mallory, KC Pal, S Palladino, KJ Palmer, J Parveen, N Pease, EK Penning, B Pereira, G Piepke, A Pushkin, K Reichenbacher, J Rhyne, CA Richards, A Riffard, Q Rischbieter, GRC Rosero, R Rossiter, P Rutherford, G Santone, D Sazzad, ABMR Schnee, RW Schubnell, M Seymour, D Shaw, S Shutt, TA Silk, JJ Silva, C Smith, R Solmaz, M Solovov, VN Sorensen, P Stancu, I Stevens, A Stifter, K Sumner, TJ Swanson, N Szydagis, M Tan, M Taylor, WC Taylor, R Temples, DJ Terman, PA Tiedt, DR Timalsina, M Tomás, A Tripathi, M Tronstad, DR Turner, W Tvrznikova, L Utku, U Vacheret, A Vaitkus, A Wang, JJ Wang, W Watson, JR Webb, RC White, RG Whitis, TJ Wolfs, FLH Woodward, D Xiang, X Xu, J Yeh, M Zarzhitsky, P
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2020 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Astroparticle Physics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords:	physics.ins-det; physics.ins-det; hep-ex
Dates:	Published: February 2021 Published (online): 16 June 2020 Accepted: 10 June 2020
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/K006444/1; ST/M003469/1; ST/N001141/1 Science and Technology Facilities Council ST/N000277/1; ST/P00573X/1; ST/S000747/1
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	26 Jun 2020 06:43
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2022 15:11
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Elsevier
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.astropartphys.2020.102480
Related URLs:	arXiv URL
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:162463

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