A Clue to the Mystery of Dark Matter: Direct Searches with LZ and XLZD

Abstract: “As physicists, cosmologists and astronomers gather evidence for the existence of Dark Matter, the mystery of its true nature remains. A leading technique to search for heavy particle dark matter is via direct detection with liquid xenon time projection chambers. In this talk I’ll give an update on the search for dark matter, results from the currently running LZ experiment, and the exciting prospects for a future experiment, XLZD, capable of searching for dark matter in the final parameter space available to this technology before nuclear recoils from atmospheric neutrinos would dominate."