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20052022
most citedFirst results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility

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nucl-ex2022★ 5 cited

Measurement of the Neutron Cross Section on Argon Between 95 and 720 MeV

S. Martynenko, B. Bhandari, J. Bian +72

We report an extended measurement of the neutron cross section on argon in the energy range of 95-720 MeV. The measurement was obtained with a 4.3-hour exposure of the Mini-CAPTAIN…

hep-ex2022★ 747 cited

First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, C. W. Akerlof +344

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dak…

physics.ins-det2020★ 3 cited

The Mini-CAPTAIN Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

CAPTAIN Collaboration, C. E. Taylor, B. Bhandari +73

This manuscript describes the commissioning of the Mini-CAPTAIN liquid argon detector in a neutron beam at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), which led to a first meas…

physics.ins-det2020★ 60 cited

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs

D. S. Akerib, C. W. Akerlof, D. Yu. Akimov +387

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a second-generation direct dark matter experiment with spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering sensitivity above cm for a WIMP mass…

hep-ex2019★ 20 cited

First Measurement of the Total Neutron Cross Section on Argon Between 100 and 800 MeV

B. Bhandari, J. Bian, K. Bilton +73

We report the first measurement of the neutron cross section on argon in the energy range of 100-800 MeV. The measurement was obtained with a 4.3-hour exposure of the Mini-CAPTAIN…

physics.ins-det2017★ 43 cited

Calibration, event reconstruction, data analysis and limits calculation for the LUX dark matter experiment

D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum, H. M. Araújo +95

The LUX experiment has performed searches for dark matter particles scattering elastically on xenon nuclei, leading to stringent upper limits on the nuclear scattering cross sectio…