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

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24 papers

hep-ex2026

Search for dark matter particle interactions in an extended nuclear recoil energy window with the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment

D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi, B. J. Almquist +214

We report on a search for dark matter particles interacting with xenon nuclei in an exposure of 2.84 tonne-years with the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment. An extended nuclear recoil ene…

hep-ex2026

Precision measurement of positron decay modes of Xe-125 in the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment

D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi, F. Alder +208

The radioisotope is a short-lived () activation product of the neutron calibrations performed in the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment. Subsequently, $^{12…

hep-ex2026

Measurement of the Muon Flux at the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Detector

D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi, F. Alder +209

High-energy cosmic-ray muons reaching deep underground laboratories can cause events in detectors that mimic signals expected from dark matter particles, neutrinos, or rare decays.…

physics.ins-det2025

Study of few-electron backgrounds in the LUX-ZEPLIN detector

D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi, F. Alder +204

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment aims to detect rare interactions between dark matter particles and xenon. Although the detector is designed to be the most sensitive to GeV/--Te…

physics.ins-det2025

Low-energy nuclear recoil calibration of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment with a photoneutron source

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +206

The LZ experiment is a liquid xenon time-projection chamber (TPC) searching for evidence of particle dark matter interactions. In the simplest assumption of elastic scattering, man…

physics.ins-det2025

Flow-dependent tagging of Pb decays in the LZ dark matter detector

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +205

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment is searching for dark matter interactions in a liquid xenon time projection chamber (LXe-TPC). This article demonstrates how control of the flow stat…

nucl-ex2025★ 12 cited

Comprehensive Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum and Flux at Daya Bay

F. P. An, W. D. Bai, A. B. Balantekin +196

This Letter reports the precise measurement of reactor antineutrino spectrum and flux based on the full data set of 4.7 million inverse-beta-decay (IBD) candidates collected at Day…

physics.ins-det2024★ 11 cited

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Sensitivity of the XLZD Rare Event Observatory

XLZD Collaboration, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +441

The XLZD collaboration is developing a two-phase xenon time projection chamber with an active mass of 60 to 80 t capable of probing the remaining WIMP-nucleon interaction parameter…

nucl-ex2024★ 8 cited

Two-neutrino double electron capture of Xe in the first LUX-ZEPLIN exposure

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +202

The broad physics reach of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment covers rare phenomena beyond the direct detection of dark matter. We report precise measurements of the extremely rare dec…

hep-ex2024★ 4 cited

Probing the Scalar WIMP-Pion Coupling with the first LUX-ZEPLIN data

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +200

Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) may interact with a virtual pion that is exchanged between nucleons. This interaction channel is important to consider in models where…

physics.ins-det2024★ 7 cited

The Design, Implementation, and Performance of the LZ Calibration Systems

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +200

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a tonne-scale experiment searching for direct dark matter interactions and other rare events. It is located at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) i…

hep-ex2024★ 8 cited

Measurement of Electron Antineutrino Oscillation Amplitude and Frequency via Neutron Capture on Hydrogen at Daya Bay

Daya Bay collaboration, F. P. An, W. D. Bai +197

This Letter reports the first measurement of the oscillation amplitude and frequency of reactor antineutrinos at Daya Bay via neutron capture on hydrogen using 1958 days of data. W…

hep-ex2024★ 2 cited

Constraints On Covariant WIMP-Nucleon Effective Field Theory Interactions from the First Science Run of the LUX-ZEPLIN Experiment

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +201

The first science run of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, a dual-phase xenon time project chamber operating in the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota, USA, has re…

hep-ex2024★ 1 cited

Search for a sub-eV sterile neutrino using Daya Bay's full dataset

F. P. An, W. D. Bai, A. B. Balantekin +196

This Letter presents results of a search for the mixing of a sub-eV sterile neutrino with three active neutrinos based on the full data sample of the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Expe…

hep-ex2024★ 23 cited

New constraints on ultraheavy dark matter from the LZ experiment

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +196

Searches for dark matter with liquid xenon time projection chamber experiments have traditionally focused on the region of the parameter space that is characteristic of weakly inte…

nucl-ex2024

First measurement of the yield of He isotopes produced in liquid scintillator by cosmic-ray muons at Daya Bay

Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, W. D. Bai +197

Daya Bay presents the first measurement of cosmogenic He isotope production in liquid scintillator, using an innovative method for identifying cascade decays of He and its…

hep-ph2024

Charged-current non-standard neutrino interactions at Daya Bay

Daya Bay collaboration, F. P. An, W. D. Bai +197

The full data set of the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment is used to probe the effect of the charged current non-standard interactions (CC-NSI) on neutrino oscillation experime…

hep-ex2023★ 20 cited

First Constraints on WIMP-Nucleon Effective Field Theory Couplings in an Extended Energy Region From LUX-ZEPLIN

LZ Collaboration, J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib +197

Following the first science results of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead,…

hep-ex2023★ 56 cited

A search for new physics in low-energy electron recoils from the first LZ exposure

The LZ Collaboration, J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib +200

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber. We report searches for new physics appearing through few-keV-scale…

hep-ex2022★ 38 cited

Background Determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +200

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment recently reported limits on WIMP-nucleus interactions from its initial science run, down to cm for the spin-independent interactio…

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-det2022★ 159 cited

A Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics

J. Aalbers, K. Abe, V. Aerne +591

The nature of dark matter and properties of neutrinos are among the most pressing issues in contemporary particle physics. The dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber is the leadi…

hep-ex2022★ 12 cited

Cosmogenic production of Ar in the context of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +205

We estimate the amount of Ar produced in natural xenon via cosmic ray-induced spallation, an inevitable consequence of the transportation and storage of xenon on the Earth's…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 280 cited

Projected WIMP sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment

D. S. Akerib, C. W. Akerlof, S. K. Alsum +175

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a next generation dark matter direct detection experiment that will operate 4850 feet underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, So…