Aalbers, J., Akerib, D.S., Musalhi, A.K.A. et al. (200 more authors) (2023) Background determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment. Physical Review D, 108. 012010. ISSN 2470-0010
Abstract
The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment recently reported limits on WIMP-nucleus interactions from its initial science run, down to 9.2×10-48 cm2 for the spin-independent interaction of a 36 GeV/c2 WIMP at 90% confidence level. In this paper, we present a comprehensive analysis of the backgrounds important for this result and for other upcoming physics analyses, including neutrinoless double-beta decay searches and effective field theory interpretations of LUX-ZEPLIN data. We confirm that the in-situ determinations of bulk and fixed radioactive backgrounds are consistent with expectations from the ex-situ assays. The observed background rate after WIMP search criteria were applied was (6.3±0.5)×10-5 events/keVee/kg/day in the low-energy region, approximately 60 times lower than the equivalent rate reported by the LUX experiment.
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2023 American Physical Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | 
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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/S000747/1 | 
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield | 
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2023 09:54 | 
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2023 09:54 | 
| Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.108.012010 | 
| Status: | Published | 
| Publisher: | American Physical Society (APS) | 
| Refereed: | Yes | 
| Identification Number: | 10.1103/physrevd.108.012010 | 
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| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:205908 | 

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