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LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Conceptual Design Report

Authors :
The LZ Collaboration
Akerib, D. S.
Akerlof, C. W.
Akimov, D. Yu.
Alsum, S. K.
Araújo, H. M.
Bai, X.
Bailey, A. J.
Balajthy, J.
Balashov, S.
Barry, M. J.
Bauer, P.
Beltrame, P.
Bernard, E. P.
Bernstein, A.
Biesiadzinski, T. P.
Boast, K. E.
Bolozdynya, A. I.
Boulton, E. M.
Bramante, R.
Buckley, J. H.
Bugaev, V. V.
Bunker, R.
Burdin, S.
Busenitz, J. K.
Carels, C.
Carlsmith, D. L.
Carlson, B.
Carmona-Benitez, M. C.
Cascella, M.
Chan, C.
Cherwinka, J. J.
Chiller, A. A.
Chiller, C.
Craddock, W. W.
Currie, A.
Cutter, J. E.
da Cunha, J. P.
Dahl, C. E.
Dasu, S.
Davison, T. J. R.
de Viveiros, L.
Dobi, A.
Dobson, J. E. Y.
Druszkiewicz, E.
Edberg, T. K.
Edwards, B. N.
Edwards, W. R.
Elnimr, M. M.
Emmet, W. T.
Faham, C. H.
Fiorucci, S.
Ford, P.
Francis, V. B.
Fu, C.
Gaitskell, R. J.
Gantos, N. J.
Gehman, V. M.
Gerhard, R. M.
Ghag, C.
Gilchriese, M. G. D.
Gomber, B.
Hall, C. R.
Harris, A.
Haselschwardt, S. J.
Hertel, S. A.
Hoff, M. D.
Holbrook, B.
Holtom, E.
Huang, D. Q.
Hurteau, T. W.
Ignarra, C. M.
Jacobsen, R. G.
Ji, W.
Ji, X.
Johnson, M.
Ju, Y.
Kamdin, K.
Kazkaz, K.
Khaitan, D.
Khazov, A.
Khromov, A. V.
Konovalov, A. M.
Korolkova, E. V.
Kraus, H.
Krebs, H. J.
Kudryavtsev, V. A.
Kumpan, A. V.
Kyre, S.
Larsen, N. A.
Lee, C.
Lenardo, B. G.
Lesko, K. T.
Liao, F. -T.
Lin, J.
Lindote, A.
Lippincott, W. H.
Liu, J.
Liu, X.
Lopes, M. I.
Lorenzon, W.
Luitz, S.
Majewski, P.
Malling, D. C.
Manalaysay, A. G.
Manenti, L.
Mannino, R. L.
Markley, D. J.
Martin, T. J.
Marzioni, M. F.
McKinsey, D. N.
Mei, D. -M.
Meng, Y.
Miller, E. H.
Mock, J.
Monzani, M. E.
Morad, J. A.
Murphy, A. St. J.
Nelson, H. N.
Neves, F.
Nikkel, J. A.
O'Neill, F. G.
O'Dell, J.
O'Sullivan, K.
Olevitch, M. A.
Oliver-Mallory, K. C.
Palladino, K. J.
Pangilinan, M.
Patton, S. J.
Pease, E. K.
Piepke, A.
Powell, S.
Preece, R. M.
Pushkin, K.
Ratcliff, B. N.
Reichenbacher, J.
Reichhart, L.
Rhyne, C.
Rodrigues, J. P.
Rose, H. J.
Rosero, R.
Saba, J. S.
Sarychev, M.
Schnee, R. W.
Schubnell, M. S. G.
Scovell, P. R.
Shaw, S.
Shutt, T. A.
Silva, C.
Skarpaas, K.
Skulski, W.
Solovov, V. N.
Sorensen, P.
Sosnovtsev, V. V.
Stancu, I.
Stark, M. R.
Stephenson, S.
Stiegler, T. M.
Sumner, T. J.
Sundarnath, K.
Szydagis, M.
Taylor, D. J.
Taylor, W.
Tennyson, B. P.
Terman, P. A.
Thomas, K. J.
Thomson, J. A.
Tiedt, D. R.
To, W. H.
Tomás, A.
Tripathi, M.
Tull, C. E.
Tvrznikova, L.
Uvarov, S.
Va'vra, J.
van der Grinten, M. G. D.
Verbus, J. R.
Vuosalo, C. O.
Waldron, W. L.
Wang, L.
Webb, R. C.
Wei, W. -Z.
While, M.
White, D. T.
Whitis, T. J.
Wisniewski, W. J.
Witherell, M. S.
Wolfs, F. L. H.
Woods, E.
Woodward, D.
Worm, S. D.
Yeh, M.
Yin, J.
Young, S. K.
Zhang, C.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

The design and performance of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector is described as of March 2015 in this Conceptual Design Report. LZ is a second-generation dark-matter detector with the potential for unprecedented sensitivity to weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) of masses from a few GeV/c2 to hundreds of TeV/c2. With total liquid xenon mass of about 10 tonnes, LZ will be the most sensitive experiment for WIMPs in this mass region by the end of the decade. This report describes in detail the design of the LZ technical systems. Expected backgrounds are quantified and the performance of the experiment is presented. The LZ detector will be located at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota. The organization of the LZ Project and a summary of the expected cost and current schedule are given.<br />Comment: 278 pages. Submitted to the Department of Energy as part of the documentation for the Critical Decision Number One (CD-1) management process. Report also available by chapter at http://hep.ucsb.edu/LZ/CDR. This version includes corrections of minor typographic errors

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment

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Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1509.02910
Document Type :
Working Paper

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