LZ R&D: Bridging Mini-Proposal to STFC
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Sch of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
See proposal submitted to STFC.
Planned Impact
See proposal submitted to STFC.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Alexander Murphy (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Akerib D
(2016)
Tritium calibration of the LUX dark matter experiment
in Physical Review D
Akerib D
(2016)
FPGA-based trigger system for the LUX dark matter experiment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Akerib D
(2015)
Radiogenic and muon-induced backgrounds in the LUX dark matter detector
in Astroparticle Physics
Akerib D
(2018)
Chromatographic separation of radioactive noble gases from xenon
in Astroparticle Physics
Akerib DS
(2014)
First results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford underground research facility.
in Physical review letters
Bradley A
(2015)
Radon-related Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Search
in Physics Procedia
Horn M
(2015)
Results from the LUX dark matter experiment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
| Description | This award allowed the UK groups to conduct important R&D for the LZ project, in turn allowing the UK groups to join the project, and thus to stay at the forefront of the field. |
| Exploitation Route | Improved techniques and methodologies |
| Sectors | Other |
| Description | IPPP Senior Experimental Fellowship |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Department | Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 12/2016 |
| Description | IPPP Senior Experimental Fellowship |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Department | Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I aim to provide a bridge between the theoretical and experimental community, to the particular benefit of my group. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They will provide technical and specialist expertise in helping us make the best use of our data. We have carried out workshops on statistical approaches, for the benefit of the UK community of scientists working in rare event searches. |
| Impact | We are developing novel approaches to the analysis of direct dark matter search data. In particular, we are exploring the usage of the profile likelihood ratio analysis techniques, as used in the LUX 2013 resit paper, for non standard dark matter velocity distributions and for more sophisticated interactions than the usual 'spin dependent' and 'spin independent' options - explicitly, we are exploring the impact of various EFT approaches. |
| Start Year | 2014 |