Background determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment



Aalbers, J, Akerib, DS, Musalhi, AK Al, Alder, F, Alsum, SK, Amarasinghe, CS, Ames, A, Anderson, TJ, Angelides, N, Araújo, HM
et al (show 193 more authors) (2023) Background determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment. Physical Review D, 108 (1). 012010-.

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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.

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 07 Sep 2023 07:11
Last Modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:49
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.108.012010
Open Access URL: https://journals.aps.org/prd/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevD....
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3172584