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Nuclear Recoil Calibration at Sub-keV Energies in LUX and Its Impact on Dark Matter Search Sensitivity
LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum +94
Dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) detectors offer heightened sensitivities for dark matter detection across a spectrum of particle masses. To broaden their capability…
Fast and Flexible Analysis of Direct Dark Matter Search Data with Machine Learning
LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum +97
We present the results from combining machine learning with the profile likelihood fit procedure, using data from the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment. This app…
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…
Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment to the two-neutrino and neutrinoless double beta decays of Xe
The LUX-ZEPLIN, Collaboration, : +194
The projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment to two-neutrino and neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe is presented. LZ is a 10-tonne xenon time projection ch…
Projected sensitivities of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment to new physics via low-energy electron recoils
The LZ Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +194
LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a dark matter detector expected to obtain world-leading sensitivity to weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) interacting via nuclear recoils with a ~7-ton…
Constraints on Effective Field Theory Couplings Using 311.2 days of LUX Data
D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum, H. M. Araújo +94
We report here the results of an Effective Field Theory (EFT) WIMP search analysis using LUX data. We build upon previous LUX analyses by extending the search window to include nuc…
Enhancing the sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment to low energy signals
D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi, S. K. Alsum +184
Two-phase xenon detectors, such as that at the core of the forthcoming LZ dark matter experiment, use photomultiplier tubes to sense the primary (S1) and secondary (S2) scintillati…
Improving sensitivity to low-mass dark matter in LUX using a novel electrode background mitigation technique
LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum +95
This paper presents a novel technique for mitigating electrode backgrounds that limit the sensitivity of searches for low-mass dark matter (DM) using xenon time projection chambers…
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs
D. S. Akerib, C. W. Akerlof, D. Yu. Akimov +387
LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a second-generation direct dark matter experiment with spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering sensitivity above cm for a WIMP mass…
Discrimination of electronic recoils from nuclear recoils in two-phase xenon time projection chambers
LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum +94
We present a comprehensive analysis of electronic recoil vs. nuclear recoil discrimination in liquid/gas xenon time projection chambers, using calibration data from the 2013 and 20…
An Effective Field Theory Analysis of the First LUX Dark Matter Search
D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum, H. M. Araújo +94
The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter search was a 250-kg active mass dual-phase time projection chamber that operated by detecting light and ionization signals from partic…
LBECA: A Low Background Electron Counting Apparatus for Sub-GeV Dark Matter Detection
A. Bernstein, M. Clark, R. Essig +12
Two-phase noble liquid detectors, with large target masses and effective background reduction, are currently leading the dark matter direct detection for WIMP masses above a few Ge…
Improved Modeling of Electronic Recoils in Liquid Xenon Using LUX Calibration Data
The LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum +96
We report here methods and techniques for creating and improving a model that reproduces the scintillation and ionization response of a dual-phase liquid and gaseous xenon time-pro…
Extending light WIMP searches to single scintillation photons in LUX
D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum, H. M. Araújo +122
We present a novel analysis technique for liquid xenon time projection chambers that allows for a lower threshold by relying on events with a prompt scintillation signal consisting…
Improved Measurements of the \b{eta}-Decay Response of Liquid Xenon with the LUX Detector
D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum, H. M. Araújo +98
We report results from an extensive set of measurements of the \b{eta}-decay response in liquid xenon.These measurements are derived from high-statistics calibration data from inje…
Longitudinal Double-Spin Asymmetries for Dijet Production at Intermediate Pseudorapidity in Polarized Collisions at = 200 GeV
Ting Lin
One of the primary goals of the RHIC spin program is to determine the spin-dependent gluon distribution, , of the proton. The measurements of the 2009 longitudinal double-he…
Azimuthal harmonics in small and large collision systems at RHIC top energies
STAR Collaboration, J. Adam, L. Adamczyk +334
The first (), second () and third () harmonic coefficients of the azimuthal particle distribution at mid-rapidity, are extracted for charged hadrons an…
Results of a Search for Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using 2013 LUX Data
D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum, H. M. Araújo +95
The scattering of dark matter (DM) particles with sub-GeV masses off nuclei is difficult to detect using liquid xenon-based DM search instruments because the energy transfer during…
Measurements of Dielectron Production in AuAu Collisions at = 27, 39, and 62.4 GeV from the STAR Experiment
STAR Collaboration, J. Adam, L. Adamczyk +350
We report systematic measurements of dielectron () invariant-mass spectra at mid-rapidity in Au+Au collisions at = 27, 39, and 62.4 GeV tak…
Erratum: Observation of meson nuclear modifications in Au+Au collisions at = 200 GeV
STAR Collaboration, J. Adam, L. Adamczyk +346
In this erratum we report changes on the spectra and nuclear modification factor () in Au+Au collisions at = 200 GeV by fixing the e…
Transverse spin transfer to and hyperons in polarized proton-proton collisions at
STAR Collaboration, J. Adam, L. Adamczyk +345
The transverse spin transfer from polarized protons to and hyperons is expected to provide sensitivity to the transversity distribution of the nucleon and to the transv…
Improved measurement of the longitudinal spin transfer to and hyperons in polarized proton-proton collisions at = 200 GeV
J. Adam, L. Adamczyk, J. R. Adams +346
The longitudinal spin transfer to and hyperons produced in high-energy polarized proton--proton collisions is expected to be sensitive to the helicity distribu…
Longitudinal Double-Spin Asymmetries for s in the Forward Direction for 510 GeV Polarized Collisions
J. Adam, L. Adamczyk, J. R. Adams +340
The STAR Collaboration reports measurements of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry, , for neutral pions produced at forward directions in polarized proton-proton collisi…
Low- pair production in AuAu collisions at = 200 GeV and UU collisions at = 193 GeV at STAR
J. Adam, L. Adamczyk, J. R. Adams +341
We report first measurements of pair production in the mass region 0.4 2.6 GeV/ at low transverse momentum ( 0.15 GeV/) in non-central Au…