Searching for Dark Matter with the LZ experiment

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• Theresa Fruth (UCL)
• Tuesday 12 May 2020, 16:00-17:00
• Ryle Seminar Room (Rutherford 930) .

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The nature of dark matter remains one of the biggest mysteries of the universe. Extensions to the Standard Model of particle physics provide potential candidates for it. Such dark matter particles can be searched for using direct detection experiments. The LUX -ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment is a next-generation direct detection experiment, which employs a two-phase, liquid xenon time projection chamber. It is currently under construction 4850 feet underground in an old gold mine in South Dakota. In this talk I will give an overview of the experiment and its projected sensitivity reach, as well as the current status of construction and integration.

This talk is part of the Cavendish HEP Seminars series.

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