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

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physics.ins-det2012★ 334 cited

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Experiment

D. S. Akerib, X. Bai, S. Bedikian +91

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) collaboration has designed and constructed a dual-phase xenon detector, in order to conduct a search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles(WIMP…

physics.ins-det2012★ 12 cited

The LUX Prototype Detector: Heat Exchanger Development

D. S. Akerib, X. Bai, S. Bedikian +47

The LUX (Large Underground Xenon) detector is a two-phase xenon Time Projection Chamber (TPC) designed to search for WIMP-nucleon dark matter interactions. As with all noble elemen…

physics.ins-det2012★ 49 cited

An Ultra-Low Background PMT for Liquid Xenon Detectors

D. S. Akerib, X. Bai, E. Bernard +64

Results are presented from radioactivity screening of two models of photomultiplier tubes designed for use in current and future liquid xenon experiments. The Hamamatsu 5.6 cm diam…

physics.ins-det2011★ 16 cited

Radio-assay of Titanium samples for the LUX Experiment

D. S. Akerib, X. Bai, S. Bedikian +63

We report on the screening of samples of titanium metal for their radio-purity. The screening process described in this work led to the selection of materials used in the construct…

physics.ins-det2009★ 20 cited

A 83Krm Source for Use in Low-background Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chambers

L. W. Kastens, S. Bedikian, S. B. Cahn +2

We report the testing of a charcoal-based Kr-83m source for use in calibrating a low background two-phase liquid xenon detector. Kr-83m atoms produced through the decay of Rb-83 ar…

physics.ins-det2009★ 124 cited

Scintillation efficiency and ionization yield of liquid xenon for mono-energetic nuclear recoils down to 4 keV

A. Manzur, A. Curioni, L. Kastens +3

Liquid Xenon (LXe) is an excellent material for experiments designed to detect dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). A low energy detection thres…