Underground Commissioning of LUX

2013/06/01 by M. Woods, Woods, Michael
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Power Systems and Technologies #Superconducting Materials and Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1306.0065

openalex publication_date 2013/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

LUX is a dual-phase xenon TPC designed for the direct detection of dark matter. Using 370 kg of xenon, LUX is capable of setting a WIMP-nucleon cross section limit at 2 x 10^-46 cm² after 300 days of running. LUX will surpass all existing dark matter limits for WIMP masses above 10 GeV within weeks of beginning its science run. Following a successful six month surface run, the detector has recently been deployed underground, and we expect completed commission in the near future. Updates on status and results are provided.

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