Speaker
Dr
Markus Horn
(South Dakota Science and Technology Authority)
Description
LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a second-generation dark matter direct detection experiment currently under construction at the 4850’-level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota, USA. The experiment utilizes a dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC), containing seven active tons of purified liquid xenon, to search for potential signals from weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). LZ has been designed to explore much of the parameter space available for WIMP models, with unprecedented sensitivity to WIMP masses between a few GeV and a few TeV. Active assembly work of the experiment at SURF is currently ongoing with expected data taking to begin in 2020. An experiment overview, the timeline and the current detector construction status of LZ will be presented.
Primary author
Dr
Markus Horn
(South Dakota Science and Technology Authority)
