First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment
(2022)
Authors:
J Aalbers, DS Akerib, CW Akerlof, AK Al Musalhi, F Alder, A Alqahtani, SK Alsum, CS Amarasinghe, A Ames, TJ Anderson, N Angelides, HM Araújo, JE Armstrong, M Arthurs, S Azadi, AJ Bailey, A Baker, J Balajthy, S Balashov, J Bang, JW Bargemann, MJ Barry, J Barthel, D Bauer, A Baxter, K Beattie, J Belle, P Beltrame, J Bensinger, T Benson, EP Bernard, A Bhatti, A Biekert, TP Biesiadzinski, HJ Birch, B Birrittella, GM Blockinger, KE Boast, B Boxer, R Bramante, CAJ Brew, P Brás, JH Buckley, VV Bugaev, S Burdin, JK Busenitz, M Buuck, R Cabrita, C Carels, DL Carlsmith, B Carlson, MC Carmona-Benitez, M Cascella, C Chan, A Chawla, H Chen, JJ Cherwinka, NI Chott, A Cole, J Coleman, MV Converse, A Cottle, G Cox, WW Craddock, O Creaner, D Curran, A Currie, JE Cutter, CE Dahl, A David, J Davis, TJR Davison, J Delgaudio, S Dey, L de Viveiros, A Dobi, JEY Dobson, E Druszkiewicz, A Dushkin, TK Edberg, WR Edwards, MM Elnimr, WT Emmet, SR Eriksen, CH Faham, A Fan, S Fayer, NM Fearon, S Fiorucci, H Flaecher, P Ford, VB Francis, ED Fraser, T Fruth, RJ Gaitskell, NJ Gantos, D Garcia, A Geffre, VM Gehman, J Genovesi, C Ghag, R Gibbons, E Gibson, MGD Gilchriese, S Gokhale, B Gomber, J Green, A Greenall, S Greenwood, MGD van der Grinten, CB Gwilliam, CR Hall, S Hans, K Hanzel, A Harrison, E Hartigan-O'Connor, SJ Haselschwardt, SA Hertel, G Heuermann, C Hjemfelt, MD Hoff, E Holtom, JY-K Hor, M Horn, DQ Huang, D Hunt, CM Ignarra, RG Jacobsen, O Jahangir, RS James, SN Jeffery, W Ji, J Johnson, AC Kaboth, AC Kamaha, K Kamdin, V Kasey, K Kazkaz, J Keefner, D Khaitan, M Khaleeq, A Khazov, I Khurana, YD Kim, CD Kocher, D Kodroff, L Korley, EV Korolkova, J Kras, H Kraus, S Kravitz, HJ Krebs, L Kreczko, B Krikler, VA Kudryavtsev, S Kyre, B Landerud, EA Leason, C Lee, J Lee, DS Leonard, R Leonard, KT Lesko, C Levy, J Li, F-T Liao, J Liao, J Lin, A Lindote, R Linehan, WH Lippincott, R Liu, X Liu, Y Liu, C Loniewski, MI Lopes, E Lopez Asamar, B López Paredes, W Lorenzon, D Lucero, S Luitz, JM Lyle, PA Majewski, J Makkinje, DC Malling, A Manalaysay, L Manenti, RL Mannino, N Marangou, MF Marzioni, C Maupin, ME McCarthy, CT McConnell, DN McKinsey, J McLaughlin, Y Meng, J Migneault, EH Miller, E Mizrachi, JA Mock, A Monte, ME Monzani, JA Morad, JD Morales Mendoza, E Morrison, BJ Mount, M Murdy, A St J Murphy, D Naim, A Naylor, C Nedlik, C Nehrkorn, F Neves, A Nguyen, JA Nikoleyczik, A Nilima, J O'Dell, FG O'Neill, K O'Sullivan, I Olcina, MA Olevitch, KC Oliver-Mallory, J Orpwood, D Pagenkopf, S Pal, KJ Palladino, J Palmer, M Pangilinan, N Parveen, SJ Patton, EK Pease, B Penning, C Pereira, G Pereira, E Perry, T Pershing, IB Peterson, A Piepke, J Podczerwinski, D Porzio, S Powell, RM Preece, K Pushkin, Y Qie, BN Ratcliff, J Reichenbacher, L Reichhart, CA Rhyne, A Richards, Q Riffard, GRC Rischbieter, JP Rodrigues, A Rodriguez, HJ Rose, R Rosero, P Rossiter, T Rushton, G Rutherford, D Rynders, JS Saba, D Santone, ABMR Sazzad, RW Schnee, PR Scovell, D Seymour, S Shaw, T Shutt, JJ Silk, C Silva, G Sinev, K Skarpaas, W Skulski, R Smith, M Solmaz, VN Solovov, P Sorensen, J Soria, I Stancu, MR Stark, A Stevens, TM Stiegler, K Stifter, R Studley, B Suerfu, TJ Sumner, P Sutcliffe, N Swanson, M Szydagis, M Tan, DJ Taylor, R Taylor, WC Taylor, DJ Temples, BP Tennyson, PA Terman, KJ Thomas, DR Tiedt, M Timalsina, WH To, A Tomás, Z Tong, DR Tovey, J Tranter, M Trask, M Tripathi, DR Tronstad, CE Tull, W Turner, L Tvrznikova, U Utku, J Va'vra, A Vacheret, AC Vaitkus, JR Verbus, E Voirin, WL Waldron, A Wang, B Wang, JJ Wang, W Wang, Y Wang, JR Watson, RC Webb, A White, DT White, JT White, RG White, TJ Whitis, M Williams, WJ Wisniewski, MS Witherell, FLH Wolfs, JD Wolfs, S Woodford, D Woodward, SD Worm, CJ Wright, Q Xia, X Xiang, Q Xiao, J Xu, M Yeh, J Yin, I Young, P Zarzhitsky, A Zuckerman, EA ZweigCosmogenic production of Ar37 in the context of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment
Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 105:8 (2022) 082004
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J Aalbers, DS Akerib, AK Al Musalhi, F Alder, SK Alsum, CS Amarasinghe, A Ames, TJ Anderson, N Angelides, HM Araújo, JE Armstrong, M Arthurs, X Bai, A Baker, J Balajthy, S Balashov, J Bang, JW Bargemann, D Bauer, A Baxter, K Beattie, EP Bernard, A Bhatti, A Biekert, TP Biesiadzinski, HJ Birch, GM Blockinger, E Bodnia, B Boxer, CAJ Brew, P Brás, S Burdin, JK Busenitz, M Buuck, R Cabrita, MC Carmona-Benitez, M Cascella, C Chan, A Chawla, H Chen, NI Chott, A Cole, MV Converse, A Cottle, G Cox, O Creaner, JE Cutter, CE Dahl, A David, L de Viveiros, JEY Dobson, E Druszkiewicz, SR Eriksen, A Fan, S Fayer, NM Fearon, S Fiorucci, H Flaecher, ED Fraser, T Fruth, RJ Gaitskell, J Genovesi, C Ghag, E Gibson, MGD Gilchriese, S Gokhale, MGD van der Grinten, CB Gwilliam, CR Hall, SJ Haselschwardt, SA Hertel, M Horn, DQ Huang, D Hunt, CM Ignarra, O Jahangir, RS James, W Ji, J Johnson, AC Kaboth, AC Kamaha, K Kamdin, D Khaitan, A Khazov, I Khurana, D Kodroff, L Korley, EV Korolkova, H Kraus, S Kravitz, L Kreczko, VA Kudryavtsev, EA Leason, DS Leonard, KT Lesko, C Levy, J Lee, J Lin, A Lindote, R Linehan, WH Lippincott, X Liu, MI Lopes, E Lopez Asamar, B Lopez-Paredes, W Lorenzon, S Luitz, PA Majewski, A Manalaysay, L Manenti, RL Mannino, N Marangou, ME McCarthy, DN McKinsey, J McLaughlin, EH Miller, E Mizrachi, A Monte, ME Monzani, JA Morad, JD Morales Mendoza, E Morrison, BJ Mount, A St. J. Murphy, D Naim, A Naylor, C Nedlik, HN Nelson, F Neves, JA Nikoleyczik, A Nilima, I Olcina, K Oliver-Mallory, S Pal, KJ Palladino, J Palmer, N Parveen, SJ Patton, EK Pease, B Penning, G Pereira, E Perry, J Pershing, A Piepke, D Porzio, Y Qie, J Reichenbacher, CA Rhyne, A Richards, Q Riffard, GRC Rischbieter, R Rosero, P Rossiter, T Rushton, D Santone, ABMR Sazzad, RW Schnee, PR Scovell, S Shaw, TA Shutt, JJ Silk, C Silva, G Sinev, R Smith, M Solmaz, VN Solovov, P Sorensen, J Soria, I Stancu, A Stevens, K Stifter, B Suerfu, TJ Sumner, N Swanson, M Szydagis, WC Taylor, R Taylor, DJ Temples, PA Terman, DR Tiedt, M Timalsina, WH To, Z Tong, DR Tovey, M Trask, M Tripathi, DR Tronstad, W Turner, U Utku, A Vaitkus, B Wang, Y Wang, JJ Wang, W Wang, JR Watson, RC Webb, RG White, TJ Whitis, M Williams, FLH Wolfs, S Woodford, D Woodward, CJ Wright, Q Xia, X Xiang, J Xu, M YehProbing spin-dependent dark matter interactions with $$^6$$Li
The European Physical Journal C SpringerOpen 82:3 (2022) 207
Authors:
G Angloher, G Benato, A Bento, E Bertoldo, A Bertolini, R Breier, C Bucci, L Canonica, A D’Addabbo, S Di Lorenzo, L Einfalt, A Erb, FV Feilitzsch, N Ferreiro Iachellini, S Fichtinger, D Fuchs, A Fuss, A Garai, VM Ghete, P Gorla, S Gupta, D Hauff, M Ješkovský, J Jochum, M Kaznacheeva, H KrausAbstract:
Using CaWO$_4$ crystals as cryogenic calorimeters, the CRESST experiment searches for nuclear recoils caused by the scattering of potential Dark Matter particles. A reliable identification of a potential signal crucially depends on an accurate background model. In this work we introduce an improved normalisation method for CRESST's model of the electromagnetic backgrounds. Spectral templates, based on Geant4 simulations, are normalised via a Bayesian likelihood fit to experimental background data. Contrary to our previous work, no assumption of partial secular equilibrium is required, which results in a more robust and versatile applicability. Furthermore, considering the correlation between all background components allows us to explain 82.7% of the experimental background within [1 keV, 40 keV], an improvement of 18.6% compared to our previous method.Comment: 24 pages, 14 figures, submitted to EPJA Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics
(2022)
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J Aalbers, K Abe, V Aerne, F Agostini, S Ahmed Maouloud, DS Akerib, D Yu Akimov, J Akshat, AK Al Musalhi, F Alder, SK Alsum, L Althueser, CS Amarasinghe, FD Amaro, A Ames, TJ Anderson, B Andrieu, N Angelides, E Angelino, J Angevaare, VC Antochi, D Antón Martin, B Antunovic, E Aprile, HM Araújo, JE Armstrong, F Arneodo, M Arthurs, P Asadi, S Baek, X Bai, D Bajpai, A Baker, J Balajthy, S Balashov, M Balzer, A Bandyopadhyay, J Bang, E Barberio, JW Bargemann, L Baudis, D Bauer, D Baur, A Baxter, AL Baxter, M Bazyk, K Beattie, J Behrens, NF Bell, L Bellagamba, P Beltrame, M Benabderrahmane, EP Bernard, GF Bertone, P Bhattacharjee, A Bhatti, A Biekert, TP Biesiadzinski, AR Binau, R Biondi, Y Biondi, HJ Birch, F Bishara, A Bismark, C Blanco, GM Blockinger, E Bodnia, C Boehm, AI Bolozdynya, PD Bolton, S Bottaro, C Bourgeois, B Boxer, P Brás, A Breskin, PA Breur, CAJ Brew, J Brod, E Brookes, A Brown, E Brown, S Bruenner, G Bruno, R Budnik, TK Bui, S Burdin, S Buse, JK Busenitz, D Buttazzo, M Buuck, A Buzulutskov, R Cabrita, C Cai, D Cai, C Capelli, JMR Cardoso, MC Carmona-Benitez, M Cascella, R Catena, S Chakraborty, C Chan, S Chang, A Chauvin, A Chawla, H Chen, V Chepel, NI Chott, D Cichon, A Cimental Chavez, B Cimmino, M Clark, RT Co, AP Colijn, J Conrad, MV Converse, M Costa, A Cottle, G Cox, O Creaner, JJ Cuenca Garcia, JP Cussonneau, JE Cutter, CE Dahl, V D'Andrea, A David, MP Decowski, JB Dent, FF Deppisch, L de Viveiros, P Di Gangi, A Di Giovanni, S Di Pede, J Dierle, S Diglio, JEY Dobson, M Doerenkamp, D Douillet, G Drexlin, E Druszkiewicz, D Dunsky, K Eitel, A Elykov, T Emken, R Engel, SR Eriksen, M Fairbairn, A Fan, JJ Fan, SJ Farrell, S Fayer, NM Fearon, A Ferella, C Ferrari, A Fieguth, A Fieguth, S Fiorucci, H Fischer, H Flaecher, M Flierman, T Florek, R Foot, PJ Fox, R Franceschini, ED Fraser, CS Frenk, S Frohlich, T Fruth, W Fulgione, C Fuselli, P Gaemers, R Gaior, RJ Gaitskell, M Galloway, F Gao, I Garcia Garcia, J Genovesi, C Ghag, S Ghosh, E Gibson, W Gil, D Giovagnoli, F Girard, R Glade-Beucke, F Glück, S Gokhale, A de Gouvêa, L Gráf, L Grandi, J Grigat, B Grinstein, MGD van der Grinten, R Grössle, H Guan, M Guida, R Gumbsheimer, CB Gwilliam, CR Hall, LJ Hall, R Hammann, K Han, V Hannen, S Hansmann-Menzemer, R Harata, SP Hardin, E Hardy, CA Hardy, K Harigaya, R Harnik, SJ Haselschwardt, M Hernandez, SA Hertel, A Higuera, C Hils, S Hochrein, L Hoetzsch, M Hoferichter, N Hood, D Hooper, M Horn, J Howlett, DQ Huang, Y Huang, D Hunt, M Iacovacci, G Iaquaniello, R Ide, CM Ignarra, G Iloglu, Y Itow, E Jacquet, O Jahangir, J Jakob, RS James, A Jansen, W Ji, X Ji, F Joerg, J Johnson, A Joy, AC Kaboth, AC Kamaha, K Kanezaki, K Kar, M Kara, N Kato, P Kavrigin, S Kazama, AW Keaveney, J Kellerer, D Khaitan, A Khazov, G Khundzakishvili, I Khurana, B Kilminster, M Kleifges, P Ko, M Kobayashi, M Kobayashi, D Kodroff, G Koltmann, A Kopec, A Kopmann, J Kopp, L Korley, VN Kornoukhov, EV Korolkova, H Kraus, LM Krauss, S Kravitz, L Kreczko, VA Kudryavtsev, F Kuger, J Kumar, B López Paredes, L LaCascio, Q Laine, H Landsman, RF Lang, EA Leason, J Lee, DS Leonard, KT Lesko, L Levinson, C Levy, I Li, SC Li, T Li, S Liang, CS Liebenthal, J Lin, Q Lin, S Lindemann, M Lindner, A Lindote, R Linehan, WH Lippincott, X Liu, K Liu, J Liu, J Loizeau, F Lombardi, J Long, MI Lopes, E Lopez Asamar, W Lorenzon, C Lu, S Luitz, Y Ma, PAN Machado, C Macolino, T Maeda, J Mahlstedt, PA Majewski, A Manalaysay, A Mancuso, L Manenti, A Manfredini, RL Mannino, N Marangou, J March-Russell, F Marignetti, T Marrodán Undagoitia, K Martens, R Martin, I Martinez-Soler, J Masbou, D Masson, E Masson, S Mastroianni, M Mastronardi, JA Matias-Lopes, ME McCarthy, N McFadden, E McGinness, DN McKinsey, J McLaughlin, K McMichael, P Meinhardt, J Menéndez, Y Meng, M Messina, R Midha, D Milisavljevic, EH Miller, B Milosevic, S Milutinovic, SA Mitra, K Miuchi, E Mizrachi, K Mizukoshi, A Molinario, A Monte, CMB Monteiro, ME Monzani, JS Moore, K Morå, JA Morad, JD Morales Mendoza, S Moriyama, E Morrison, E Morteau, Y Mosbacher, BJ Mount, J Mueller, A St J Murphy, M Murra, D Naim, S Nakamura, E Nash, N Navaieelavasani, A Naylor, C Nedlik, HN Nelson, F Neves, JL Newstead, K Ni, JA Nikoleyczik, V Niro, UG Oberlack, M Obradovic, K Odgers, CAJ O'Hare, P Oikonomou, I Olcina, K Oliver-Mallory, A Oranday, J Orpwood, I Ostrovskiy, K Ozaki, B Paetsch, S Pal, J Palacio, KJ Palladino, J Palmer, P Panci, M Pandurovic, A Parlati, N Parveen, SJ Patton, V Pěč, Q Pellegrini, B Penning, G Pereira, R Peres, Y Perez-Gonzalez, E Perry, T Pershing, R Petrossian-Byrne, J Pienaar, A Piepke, G Pieramico, M Pierre, M Piotter, V Pizella, G Plante, T Pollmann, D Porzio, J Qi, Y Qie, J Qin, N Raj, M Rajado Silva, K Ramanathan, D Ramírez García, J Ravanis, L Redard-Jacot, D Redigolo, S Reichard, J Reichenbacher, CA Rhyne, A Richards, Q Riffard, GRC Rischbieter, A Rocchetti, SL Rosenfeld, R Rosero, N Rupp, T Rushton, S Saha, L Sanchez, P Sanchez-Lucas, D Santone, JMF dos Santos, I Sarnoff, G Sartorelli, ABMR Sazzad, M Scheibelhut, RW Schnee, M Schrank, J Schreiner, P Schulte, D Schulte, H Schulze Eissing, M Schumann, T Schwemberger, A Schwenk, T Schwetz, L Scotto Lavina, PR Scovell, H Sekiya, M Selvi, E Semenov, F Semeria, P Shagin, S Shaw, S Shi, E Shockley, TA Shutt, R Si-Ahmed, JJ Silk, C Silva, MC Silva, H Simgen, F Šimkovic, G Sinev, R Singh, W Skulski, J Smirnov, R Smith, M Solmaz, VN Solovov, P Sorensen, J Soria, TJ Sparmann, I Stancu, M Steidl, A Stevens, K Stifter, LE Strigari, D Subotic, B Suerfu, AM Suliga, TJ Sumner, P Szabo, M Szydagis, A Takeda, Y Takeuchi, P-L Tan, C Taricco, WC Taylor, DJ Temples, A Terliuk, PA Terman, D Thers, K Thieme, Th Thümmler, DR Tiedt, M Timalsina, WH To, F Toennies, Z Tong, F Toschi, DR Tovey, J Tranter, M Trask, GC Trinchero, M Tripathi, DR Tronstad, R Trotta, YD Tsai, CD Tunnell, WG Turner, R Ueno, P Urquijo, U Utku, A Vaitkus, K Valerius, E Vassilev, S Vecchi, V Velan, S Vetter, AC Vincent, L Vittorio, G Volta, B von Krosigk, M von Piechowski, D Vorkapic, CEM Wagner, AM Wang, B Wang, Y Wang, W Wang, JJ Wang, L-T Wang, M Wang, Y Wang, JR Watson, Y Wei, C Weinheimer, E Weisman, M Weiss, D Wenz, SM West, TJ Whitis, M Williams, MJ Wilson, D Winkler, C Wittweg, J Wolf, T Wolf, FLH Wolfs, S Woodford, D Woodward, CJ Wright, VHS Wu, P Wu, S Wüstling, M Wurm, Q Xia, X Xiang, Y Xing, J Xu, Z Xu, D Xu, M Yamashita, R Yamazaki, H Yan, L Yang, Y Yang, J Ye, M Yeh, I Young, HB Yu, TT Yu, L Yuan, G Zavattini, S Zerbo, Y Zhang, M Zhong, N Zhou, X Zhou, T Zhu, Y Zhu, Y Zhuang, JP Zopounidis, K Zuber, J ZupanErratum to: The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs
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