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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…