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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

Low-Energy Radon Backgrounds from Electrode Grids in Dual-Phase Xenon TPCs

D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi, F. Alder +264

The dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) is a powerful technology to detect rare interactions such as scatters of dark matter particles on nuclei. In particular, the buil…

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.…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Anomaly Detection for Automated Data Quality Monitoring in the CMS Detector

Andrew Brinkerhoff, Chosila Sutantawibul, Robert White +23

Successful operation of large particle detectors like the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) at the CERN Large Hadron Collider requires rapid, in-depth assessment of data quality. We intr…

hep-ex2024★ 21 cited

The XLZD Design Book: Towards the Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics

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

This report describes the experimental strategy and technologies for XLZD, the next-generation xenon observatory sensitive to dark matter and neutrino physics. In the baseline desi…

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★ 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…

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…

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…

hep-ex2021★ 29 cited

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…

hep-ex2019★ 264 cited

Searching for long-lived particles beyond the Standard Model at the Large Hadron Collider

Juliette Alimena, James Beacham, Martino Borsato +198

Particles beyond the Standard Model (SM) can generically have lifetimes that are long compared to SM particles at the weak scale. When produced at experiments such as the Large Had…

hep-ex2016

Towards the next generation of simplified Dark Matter models

Andreas Albert, Martin Bauer, Oliver Buchmueller +23

This White Paper is an input to the ongoing discussion about the extension and refinement of simplified Dark Matter (DM) models. Based on two concrete examples, we show how existin…

hep-ex2015★ 411 cited

Dark Matter Benchmark Models for Early LHC Run-2 Searches: Report of the ATLAS/CMS Dark Matter Forum

Daniel Abercrombie, Nural Akchurin, Ece Akilli +136

This document is the final report of the ATLAS-CMS Dark Matter Forum, a forum organized by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations with the participation of experts on theories of Dark Ma…

hep-ex2014★ 79 cited

Interplay and Characterization of Dark Matter Searches at Colliders and in Direct Detection Experiments

Sarah A. Malik, Christopher McCabe, Henrique Araujo +19

In this White Paper we present and discuss a concrete proposal for the consistent interpretation of Dark Matter searches at colliders and in direct detection experiments. Based on…

hep-ex2008★ 237 cited

Averages of b-hadron and c-hadron Properties at the End of 2007

E. Barberio, R. Bernhard, S. Blyth +31

This article reports world averages for measurements of b-hadron and c-hadron properties obtained by the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group (HFAG) using the results available at the end…

hep-ex2004

Inclusive Semileptonic B Decays at BaBar and Extraction of HQE parameters

H. U. Flaecher

A measurement of the first four moments of the hadronic mass distribution in B->Xc lv decays is presented for minimum lepton momenta varying between 0.9 and 1.6 GeV, using data rec…