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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-det2016★ 24 cited

Proposed low-energy absolute calibration of nuclear recoils in a dual-phase noble element TPC using D-D neutron scattering kinematics

J. R. Verbus, C. A. Rhyne, D. C. Malling +12

We propose a new technique for the calibration of nuclear recoils in large noble element dual-phase time projection chambers used to search for WIMP dark matter in the local galact…

physics.ins-det2016★ 55 cited

Low-energy (0.7-74 keV) nuclear recoil calibration of the LUX dark matter experiment using D-D neutron scattering kinematics

LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum +104

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment is a dual-phase liquid xenon time projection chamber (TPC) operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota…

physics.ins-det2015★ 96 cited

Tritium calibration of the LUX dark matter experiment

LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, H. M. Araújo +98

We present measurements of the electron-recoil (ER) response of the LUX dark matter detector based upon 170,000 highly pure and spatially-uniform tritium decays. We reconstruct the…

physics.ins-det2015★ 14 cited

FPGA-based Trigger System for the LUX Dark Matter Experiment

D. S. Akerib, H. M. Araujo, X. Bai +100

LUX is a two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon time projection chamber designed to detect nuclear recoils resulting from interactions with dark matter particles. Signals from the detector a…

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…