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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★ 37 cited

Chromatographic separation of radioactive noble gases from xenon

LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, H. M. Araújo +96

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment operates at the Sanford Underground Research Facility to detect nuclear recoils from the hypothetical Weakly Interacting Massive Partic…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 87 cited

Radiogenic and Muon-Induced Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Detector

D. S. Akerib, H. M. Araujo, X. Bai +77

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment aims to detect rare low-energy interactions from Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). The radiogenic backgrounds i…

hep-ex2014★ 48 cited

A Detailed Look at the First Results from the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Dark Matter Experiment

M. Szydagis, D. S. Akerib, H. M. Araujo +77

LUX, the world's largest dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber, with a fiducial target mass of 118 kg and 10,091 kg-days of exposure thus far, is currently the most sensitive di…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 1.6k cited

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

LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, H. M. Araujo +100

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment, a dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (Lead, South Dakota), was cooled and…

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…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 62 cited

Technical Results from the Surface Run of the LUX Dark Matter Experiment

LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, X. Bai +64

We present the results of the three-month above-ground commissioning run of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility located in Lea…

physics.atom-ph2012★ 57 cited

Broadband velocity modulation spectroscopy of HfF^+: towards a measurement of the electron electric dipole moment

Kevin C. Cossel, Daniel N. Gresh, Laura C. Sinclair +9

Precision spectroscopy of trapped HfF^+ will be used in a search for the permanent electric dipole moment of the electron (eEDM). While this dipole moment has yet to be observed, v…

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.data-an2011★ 38 cited

LUXSim: A Component-Centric Approach to Low-Background Simulations

D. S. Akerib, X. Bai, S. Bedikian +60

Geant4 has been used throughout the nuclear and high-energy physics community to simulate energy depositions in various detectors and materials. These simulations have mostly been…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 58 cited

After LUX: The LZ Program

D. C. Malling, D. S. Akerib, H. M. Araujo +71

The LZ program consists of two stages of direct dark matter searches using liquid Xe detectors. The first stage will be a 1.5-3 tonne detector, while the last stage will be a 20 to…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 27 cited

Data Acquisition and Readout System for the LUX Dark Matter Experiment

D. S. Akerib, X. Bai, S. Bedikian +60

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

physics.atom-ph2011★ 26 cited

Frequency Comb Velocity-Modulation Spectroscopy

Laura C. Sinclair, Kevin C. Cossel, Tyler Coffey +2

We have demonstrated a new technique that provides massively parallel comb spectroscopy sensitive specifically to ions through the combination of cavity-enhanced direct frequency c…