UC Davis LUX Talks and Publications

Optional description of publications/talk, possibly just giving more information about them as an overall thing.

First results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility

30 Oct 2013

After years in the making, LUX has established itself as the world's most sensitive dark matter detector. The first paper with conclusions on dark matter and the observered detector performance during our initial underground running period collecting 85.3 live-days of data has just been released.

First results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (arXiv link coming soon)

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Experiment

16 Nov 2012

Presentation of the LUX detector and a description of our running period at a surface facility in South Dakota.

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Experiment (arXiv:1211.3788)

Technical Results from the Surface Run of the LUX Dark Matter Experiment

16 Oct 2012

Technical results like detector purity, background radioactivity, data acquisition rates, etc. during the surface.

Technical Results from the Surface Run of the LUX Dark Matter Experiment (arXiv:1210.4569)

An Ultra-Low Background PMT for LUX

10 May 2012

Radioactive screening of two types of photomultipliers for use in LUX.

An Ultra-Low Background PMT for LUX (arXiv:1205.2272v1)

Radio-assay of Titanium samples for the LUX Experiment

12 February 2012

A report of a radio screening of different samples of titanium for use in the crystats in the LUX detector.

Radio-assay of Titanium samples for the LUX Experiment (arXiv:1112.1376v3)

LUXSim: A Component-Centric Approach to Low-Background Simulations

8 November 2011

Describes the use and development of the Geant4 based simulation program called LUXSim used to simulate multiple sources of radiation and effects that occur inside the LUX detector.

LUXSim: A Component-Centric Approach to Low-Background Simulations (arXiv:1111.2074v1)

After LUX: The LZ Program

13 October 2011

What comes after the LUX detector; all components of the LUX detector are scaleable so that we can make bigger detectors. The search for dark matter will benefit from research on both a 1.5-3 ton and 20 ton detector.

After LUX: The LZ Program (arXiv:1110.0103v2)

Data Acquisition and Readout System for the LUX Dark Matter Experiment

10 August 2011

Describes the system that the LUX uses to detect dark matter. The detector is used to detect nuclear and electron recoil of liquid xenon to produce detectable signals in the form of photons.

Data Acquisition and Readout System for the LUX Dark Matter Experiment (arXiv:1108.1836v2)

2008 LUX Overview

By Tim Classen, 2008

This document explains exactly what WIMPs are and how we can detect them using LUX to create new physics beyond the standard model. Publication includes how this system for WIMP detection is better than current experiments and goals for improving in the future.

2008 LUX Overview

Announcements

New LUX results released on October 30, 2013 in a live broadcast from SURF. We have achieved the most stringent dark matter limits in the world.

Announcements from around the web!

NY Times

Wall Street Journal

Nature

CNN

SF Gate

BBC

Phys.org

Wired

Symmetry

New Scientist

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