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Tag: LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ)

A Major Milestone for an Underground Dark Matter Search Experiment

Photo - An array of photomultiplier tubes that are designed to detect signals occurring within LZ’s liquid xenon tank. (Credit: Matt Kapust/Sanford Lab)

VIDEO: Dark Matter Day Q&A with LUX-ZEPLIN Spokesperson Kevin Lesko

Photo - A worker inspects the titanium cryostat for the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment in a clean room. (Credit: STFC)

Shhh! These Tests Will Enable a Quieter Search for Dark Matter

Image - Brianna Mount, assistant professor of physics at Black Hills State University, at work in the Black Hills State University Underground Campus (BHUC) at Sanford Lab, where components of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment were tested to learn the background radioactivity of the materials. (Credit: Matthew Kapust/Sanford Lab)

Natalie Roe Named Berkeley Lab’s Associate Director for Physical Sciences 

Image - Natalie Roe

Site of LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Search Project Carefully Ramps Up Science Work

Photo - The LUX-ZEPLIN cryostat, which houses the experiment’s main detector, is pictured here in a surface lab before its delivery underground. (Credit: Matthew Kapust/SURF)

Dark Matter Experiment’s Central Component Takes a Deep Dive – Nearly a Mile Underground

Photo - The LUX-ZEPLIN cryostat, which houses the experiment’s main detector, is pictured here in a surface lab before its delivery underground. (Credit: Matthew Kapust/SURF)

Setting a ‘Gold Standard’ for Ultrasensitive Particle Detectors

Photo - Alan “Al” Smith places an aluminum sample exposed to radiation at Berkeley Lab’s Bevatron accelerator into a lead and concrete box containing a detector at a low-level radiation counting facility in this 1950s photograph. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

Massive New Dark Matter Detector Gets Its ‘Eyes’

Photo - Researchers at Brown University assemble an array of photomultiplier tubes for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter search experiment. The first of two sets of the photomultiplier arrays arrived Friday at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota. (Credit: Nick Dentamaro/Brown University)

Acrylic Tanks Provide Clear Window Into Dark Matter Detection

A Supercool Component for a Next-Generation Dark Matter Experiment

Photo - A worker inspects the titanium cryostat for the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment in a clean room. (Credit: STFC)

Early Career Spotlight: Zach Marshall Searches for Supersymmetry

Photo - Zachary Marshall, early career LDRD recipient, at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Monday, November 13, 2017 in Berkeley, Calif. 11/13/17

Next-Gen Dark Matter Detector in a Race to Finish Line

Photo - The PATRIC test bed at Brown University is used to test light-amplifying photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) for the LZ project. (Credit: Brown University)