ZEPLIN-III Galactic Dark Matter Search (six month extension)
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
This short extension of the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment will enable a second WIMP-search run with the upgraded instrument. The lower background achieved through the development of new photomultiplier tubes and the addition of an active scintillator veto surrounding the WIMP target will be translated into improved sensitivity. This will allow us to probe even deeper into the parameter space that WIMPs are predicted to inhabit.
Organisations
Publications
Akimov D
(2012)
WIMP-nucleon cross-section results from the second science run of ZEPLIN-III
in Physics Letters B
Akimov D
(2010)
Limits on inelastic dark matter from ZEPLIN-III
in Physics Letters B
Akimov D
(2010)
The ZEPLIN-III anti-coincidence veto detector
in Astroparticle Physics
Araújo H
(2012)
Radioactivity backgrounds in ZEPLIN-III
in Astroparticle Physics
Horn M
(2011)
Nuclear recoil scintillation and ionisation yields in liquid xenon from ZEPLIN-III data
in Physics Letters B
Majewski P
(2012)
Performance data from the ZEPLIN-III second science run
in Journal of Instrumentation
Malling D. C.
(2011)
After LUX: The LZ Program
in arXiv e-prints
Neves F
(2010)
Calibration of photomultiplier arrays
in Astroparticle Physics
Reichhart L
(2013)
Measurement and simulation of the muon-induced neutron yield in lead
in Astroparticle Physics
Reichhart L
(2012)
Quenching factor for low-energy nuclear recoils in a plastic scintillator
in Physical Review C
Santos E
(2011)
Single electron emission in two-phase xenon with application to the detection of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Solovov V
(2012)
Position Reconstruction in a Dual Phase Xenon Scintillation Detector
in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Sumner T
(2011)
Direct dark matter searches - recent highlights
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
| Description | Findings from this work are used by the wider scientific community (astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics) and by the media, who report on these topics quite frequently - the search for dark matter attracts significant attention from the public at large. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2009 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |
| Description | Standard (FEC) |
| Amount | £34,628 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2010 |
| End | 03/2011 |
| Description | ZEPLIN III |
| Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| Department | Particle Physics Department |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Lead Institute Detector Design and Manufacture Operations Data Exploitation |
| Collaborator Contribution | RAL - Laboratory Infrastructure, computing infrastructure Edinburgh - Veto for second run, operations support, data analysis ITEP - xenon procurement, veto components, operations support, data analysis Coimbra - data acquisition software, slow control, data analysis |
| Impact | World leading direct dark matter search results Established two-phase xenon technology - now adopted by other groups Co-founders of LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration for next generation experiments |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | ZEPLIN III |
| Organisation | State Science Centre of Russian Federation Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics |
| Department | Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Lead Institute Detector Design and Manufacture Operations Data Exploitation |
| Collaborator Contribution | RAL - Laboratory Infrastructure, computing infrastructure Edinburgh - Veto for second run, operations support, data analysis ITEP - xenon procurement, veto components, operations support, data analysis Coimbra - data acquisition software, slow control, data analysis |
| Impact | World leading direct dark matter search results Established two-phase xenon technology - now adopted by other groups Co-founders of LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration for next generation experiments |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | ZEPLIN III |
| Organisation | University of Coimbra |
| Department | LIP Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particles Physics |
| Country | Portugal |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Lead Institute Detector Design and Manufacture Operations Data Exploitation |
| Collaborator Contribution | RAL - Laboratory Infrastructure, computing infrastructure Edinburgh - Veto for second run, operations support, data analysis ITEP - xenon procurement, veto components, operations support, data analysis Coimbra - data acquisition software, slow control, data analysis |
| Impact | World leading direct dark matter search results Established two-phase xenon technology - now adopted by other groups Co-founders of LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration for next generation experiments |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | ZEPLIN III |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Department | School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Lead Institute Detector Design and Manufacture Operations Data Exploitation |
| Collaborator Contribution | RAL - Laboratory Infrastructure, computing infrastructure Edinburgh - Veto for second run, operations support, data analysis ITEP - xenon procurement, veto components, operations support, data analysis Coimbra - data acquisition software, slow control, data analysis |
| Impact | World leading direct dark matter search results Established two-phase xenon technology - now adopted by other groups Co-founders of LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration for next generation experiments |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | ZEPLIN-III Collaboration |
| Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| Department | Particle Physics Department |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Leadership of the scientific work |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
| Impact | Publications |
| Description | ZEPLIN-III Collaboration |
| Organisation | State Science Centre of Russian Federation Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leadership of the scientific work |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
| Impact | Publications |
| Description | ZEPLIN-III Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Coimbra |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | Portugal |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leadership of the scientific work |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
| Impact | Publications |
| Description | ZEPLIN-III Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Department | School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leadership of the scientific work |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
| Impact | Publications |
| Description | HEP Masterclass |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Attended by some 100 A-Level students and their Physics teachers; included above presentation plus Q&A session and informal discussion. Continual (national) effort to engage students and continue to improve numbers studying Physics (and HEP) in Higher Education |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| URL | http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/naturalsciences/highenergyphysics/even... |
| Description | School Visit (Charterhouse School, 2010) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Charterhouse Feynman Society seminar; some 30 students attended talk, which was followed by Q&A and discussion session No data to judge this |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |