The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

D. S. Akerib,C. W. Akerlof,D.Yu. Akimov,A. Alquahtani,S. Alsum,T.J. Anderson,N. Angelides,Henrique Araujo,A. Arbuckle,J.E. Armstrong,M. Arthurs,H. Auyeung,X. Bai,A.J. Bailey,J. Balajthy,S. Balashov,J. Bang,M.J. Barry,J. Barthel,D. Bauer,P Bauer,A. Baxter,J. Belle,P. Beltrame,James Bensinger,T. Benson,E. P. Bernard,Adam Bernstein,A. Bhatti,A. Biekert,T. P. Biesiadzinski,B. Birrittella,K.E. Boast,Alexander Bolozdynya,E. M. Boulton,B. Boxer,R. Bramante,S. Branson,P. Brás,M. Breidenbach,J. H. Buckley,V. Bugaev,R. Bunker,Sergey Burdin,J. Busenitz,J.S. Campbell,C. Carels,D. Carlsmith,B. T. Carlson,M.C. Carmona-Benitez,M. Cascella,C. Chan,J. J. Cherwinka,A.A. Chiller,C. Chiller,N.I. Chott,A. Cole,J. Coleman,D. Colling,R. Conley,A. Cottle,R. Coughlen,W.W. Craddock,D. Curran,A. Currie,J. E. Cutter,J.P. da Cunha,C. E. Dahl,S Dardin,Sridhara Dasu,J Davis,T. J. R. Davison,L. de Viveiros,N. Decheine,A. Dobi,J.E.Y. Dobson,E. Druszkiewicz,A. Dushkin,T.K. Edberg,W. R. Edwards,B.N. Edwards,J. Edwards,M. Elnimr,W.T. Emmet,S.R. Eriksen,C.H. Faham,A. Fan,S Fayer,S. Fiorucci,H. Flaecher,I.M. Fogarty Florang,P Ford,V. Francis,F. Froborg,T. Fruth,R. J. Gaitskell,N.J. Gantos,D. Garcia,A. Geffré,V.M. Gehman,R. Gelfand,J. Genovesi,R.M. Gerhard,C. Ghag,E. Gibson,M. Gilchriese,Sasmit S. Gokhale,B. Gomber,T. G. Gonda,A. Greenall,S. Greenwood,G. Gregerson,M. G. D. van der Grinten,C. B. Gwilliam,C. R. Hall,D.S. Hamilton,S. Hans,K. Hanzel,T. Harrington,A. Harrison,C. Hasselkus,S. J. Haselschwardt,D. Hemer,S.A. Hertel,J. Heise,S. Hillbrand,O. Hitchcock,C. Hjemfelt,M. Hoff,B. Holbrook,E. Holtom,J.Y-K. Hor,M Horn,D.Q. Huang,T.W. Hurteau,C. M. Ignarra,M.N. Irving,R. G. Jacobsen,O. Jahangir,S.N. Jeffery,W. Ji,M. Johnson,J. Johnson,P. Johnson,W. G. Jones,A. C. Kaboth,A. C. Kamaha,K. Kamdin,V. Kasey,Kareem Kazkaz,J. Keefner,D. Khaitan,M. Khaleeq,A. Khazov,A.V. Khromov,I. Khurana,Y. D. Kim,W T Kim,C.D. Kocher,A.M. Konovalov,L. Korley,E. V. Korolkova,M. Koyuncu,J. Kras,H. Kraus,S. Kravitz,H. J. Krebs,L. Kreczko,Benjamin Krikler,V.A. Kudryavtsev,A.V. Kumpan,S. Kyre,A. R. Lambert,B. Landerud,N.A. Larsen,A. Laundrie,E. Leason,H. S. Lee,Juhyeong Lee,C. Lee,B. G. Lenardo,D. S. Leonard,R. Leonard,K. T. Lesko,C. Levy,J. Li,Y Liu,J. Liao,F.-T. Liao,J. Lin,A. Lindote,R. Linehan,W. H. Lippincott,R. Liu,X. Liu,C. Loniewski,M.I. Lopes,B. López Paredes,Wolfgang Lorenzon,D. Lucero,S. Luitz,J.M. Lyle,C. Lynch,P. Majewski,J. Makkinje,D.C. Malling,A. Manalaysay,L. Manenti,R.L. Mannino,N. Marangou,D. Markley,P. MarrLaundrie,T.J. Martin,M. F. Marzioni,C. Maupin,C.T. McConnell,D. N. McKinsey,J. McLaughlin,D.-M. Mei,Y. Meng,E.H. Miller,Z.J. Minaker,E. Mizrachi,J. Mock,D. Molash,A. Monte,M. E. Monzani,J. A. Morad,E. Morrison,B. J. Mount,A. St. J. Murphy,D. Naim,A. Naylor,C. Nedlik,C. Nehrkorn,H. N. Nelson,J. Nesbit,F. Neves,J.A. Nikkel,J.A. Nikoleyczik,A. Nilima,J. O’Dell,H. Oh,F. G. O’Neill,K. O’Sullivan,I. Olcina,M. Olevitch,K. C. Oliver-Mallory,L. Oxborough,A. Pagac,D. Pagenkopf,S. Pal,K. J. Palladino,V.M. Palmaccio,J. Palmer,M. Pangilinan,S. Patton,E.K. Pease,Bjoern Penning,G. Pereira,C Pereira,I.B. Peterson,A. Piepke,S. Pierson,S. Powell,R.M. Preece,K. Pushkin,Y. Qie,M. Racine,Bn Ratcliff,J. Reichenbacher,L. Reichhart,C. Rhyne,A. Richards,Q. Riffard,G.R.C. Rischbieter,J.P. Rodrigues,H. J. Rose,Richard Rosero,P. Rossiter,R. Rucinski,G. Rutherford,D. Rynders,J.S. Saba,L. Sabarots,D. Santone,M. Sarychev,A.B.M.R. Sazzad,R. W. Schnee,Michael Schubnell,P.R. Scovell,Mary Severson,D. Seymour,S. Shaw,G. W. Shutt,T.A. Shutt,J.J. Silk,Catarina Silva,K. Skarpaas,W. Skulski,A. R. Smith,R. Smith,R. E. Smith,J. So,M. Solmaz,V.N. Solovov,P. Sorensen,V.V. Sosnovtsev,I. Stancu,M.R. Stark,S. Stephenson,N. Stern,A. Stevens,T. Stiegler,K. Stifter,R. Studley,T. J. Sumner,K. Sundarnath,P. Sutcliffe,N. Swanson,M. Szydagis,M Tan,W. Taylor,R. Taylor,D. J. Taylor,D. Temples,B. P. Tennyson,P. A. Terman,K.J. Thomas,J. Thomson,D.R. Tiedt,M. Timalsina,W. H. To,A Tomas,T. Tope,Mani Tripathi,D.R. Tronstad,Craig Tull,W. Turner,L. Tvrznikova,M. Utes,U. Utku,S. Uvarov,J. Va’vra,Antonin Vacheret,A. Vaitkus,J.R. Verbus,T. Vietanen,E. Voirin,Co Vuosalo,S. Walcott,W.L. Waldron,K. Walker,J.J. Wang,R. Wang,L. Wang,Y. Wang,J.R. Watson,J. Migneault,S. Weatherly,R. C. Webb,W.-Z. Wei,M. While,R.G. White,J. T. White,D. White,T. J. Whitis,W. J. Wisniewski,Kenneth Wilson,M. S. Witherell,F.L.H. Wolfs,J.D. Wolfs,D. Woodward,S. D. Worm,X. Xiang,Q Xiao,Jun Xu,Minfang Yeh,J. Yin,I. Young,Chao Zhang

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

2019

D. S. Akerib
C. W. Akerlof
D.Yu. Akimov
A. Alquahtani
S. Alsum
T.J. Anderson
N. Angelides
Henrique Araujo
A. Arbuckle
J.E. Armstrong
M. Arthurs
H. Auyeung
X. Bai
A.J. Bailey
J. Balajthy
S. Balashov
J. Bang
M.J. Barry
J. Barthel
D. Bauer
P Bauer
A. Baxter
J. Belle
P. Beltrame
James Bensinger
T. Benson
E. P. Bernard
Adam Bernstein
A. Bhatti
A. Biekert
T. P. Biesiadzinski
B. Birrittella
K.E. Boast
Alexander Bolozdynya
E. M. Boulton
B. Boxer
R. Bramante
S. Branson
P. Brás
M. Breidenbach
J. H. Buckley
V. Bugaev
R. Bunker
Sergey Burdin
J. Busenitz
J.S. Campbell
C. Carels
D. Carlsmith
B. T. Carlson
M.C. Carmona-Benitez
M. Cascella
C. Chan
J. J. Cherwinka
A.A. Chiller
C. Chiller
N.I. Chott
A. Cole
J. Coleman
D. Colling
R. Conley
A. Cottle
R. Coughlen
W.W. Craddock
D. Curran
A. Currie
J. E. Cutter
J.P. da Cunha
C. E. Dahl
S Dardin
Sridhara Dasu
J Davis
T. J. R. Davison
L. de Viveiros
N. Decheine
A. Dobi
J.E.Y. Dobson
E. Druszkiewicz
A. Dushkin
T.K. Edberg
W. R. Edwards
B.N. Edwards
J. Edwards
M. Elnimr
W.T. Emmet
S.R. Eriksen
C.H. Faham
A. Fan
S Fayer
S. Fiorucci
H. Flaecher
I.M. Fogarty Florang
P Ford
V. Francis
F. Froborg
T. Fruth
R. J. Gaitskell
N.J. Gantos
D. Garcia
A. Geffré
V.M. Gehman
R. Gelfand
J. Genovesi
R.M. Gerhard
C. Ghag
E. Gibson
M. Gilchriese
Sasmit S. Gokhale
B. Gomber
T. G. Gonda
A. Greenall
S. Greenwood
G. Gregerson
M. G. D. van der Grinten
C. B. Gwilliam
C. R. Hall
D.S. Hamilton
S. Hans
K. Hanzel
T. Harrington
A. Harrison
C. Hasselkus
S. J. Haselschwardt
D. Hemer
S.A. Hertel
J. Heise
S. Hillbrand
O. Hitchcock
C. Hjemfelt
M. Hoff
B. Holbrook
E. Holtom
J.Y-K. Hor
M Horn
D.Q. Huang
T.W. Hurteau
C. M. Ignarra
M.N. Irving
R. G. Jacobsen
O. Jahangir
S.N. Jeffery
W. Ji
M. Johnson
J. Johnson
P. Johnson
W. G. Jones
A. C. Kaboth
A. C. Kamaha
K. Kamdin
V. Kasey
Kareem Kazkaz
J. Keefner
D. Khaitan
M. Khaleeq
A. Khazov
A.V. Khromov
I. Khurana
Y. D. Kim
W T Kim
C.D. Kocher
A.M. Konovalov
L. Korley
E. V. Korolkova
M. Koyuncu
J. Kras
H. Kraus
S. Kravitz
H. J. Krebs
L. Kreczko
Benjamin Krikler
V.A. Kudryavtsev
A.V. Kumpan
S. Kyre
A. R. Lambert
B. Landerud
N.A. Larsen
A. Laundrie
E. Leason
H. S. Lee
Juhyeong Lee
C. Lee
B. G. Lenardo
D. S. Leonard
R. Leonard
K. T. Lesko
C. Levy
J. Li
Y Liu
J. Liao
F.-T. Liao
J. Lin
A. Lindote
R. Linehan
W. H. Lippincott
R. Liu
X. Liu
C. Loniewski
M.I. Lopes
B. López Paredes
Wolfgang Lorenzon
D. Lucero
S. Luitz
J.M. Lyle
C. Lynch
P. Majewski
J. Makkinje
D.C. Malling
A. Manalaysay
L. Manenti
R.L. Mannino
N. Marangou
D. Markley
P. MarrLaundrie
T.J. Martin
M. F. Marzioni
C. Maupin
C.T. McConnell
D. N. McKinsey
J. McLaughlin
D.-M. Mei
Y. Meng
E.H. Miller
Z.J. Minaker
E. Mizrachi
J. Mock
D. Molash
A. Monte
M. E. Monzani
J. A. Morad
E. Morrison
B. J. Mount
A. St. J. Murphy
D. Naim
A. Naylor
C. Nedlik
C. Nehrkorn
H. N. Nelson
J. Nesbit
F. Neves
J.A. Nikkel
J.A. Nikoleyczik
A. Nilima
J. O’Dell
H. Oh
F. G. O’Neill
K. O’Sullivan
I. Olcina
M. Olevitch
K. C. Oliver-Mallory
L. Oxborough
A. Pagac
D. Pagenkopf
S. Pal
K. J. Palladino
V.M. Palmaccio
J. Palmer
M. Pangilinan
S. Patton
E.K. Pease
Bjoern Penning
G. Pereira
C Pereira
I.B. Peterson
A. Piepke
S. Pierson
S. Powell
R.M. Preece
K. Pushkin
Y. Qie
M. Racine
Bn Ratcliff
J. Reichenbacher
L. Reichhart
C. Rhyne
A. Richards
Q. Riffard
G.R.C. Rischbieter
J.P. Rodrigues
H. J. Rose
Richard Rosero
P. Rossiter
R. Rucinski
G. Rutherford
D. Rynders
J.S. Saba
L. Sabarots
D. Santone
M. Sarychev
A.B.M.R. Sazzad
R. W. Schnee
Michael Schubnell
P.R. Scovell
Mary Severson
D. Seymour
S. Shaw
G. W. Shutt
T.A. Shutt
J.J. Silk
Catarina Silva
K. Skarpaas
W. Skulski
A. R. Smith
R. Smith
R. E. Smith
J. So
M. Solmaz
V.N. Solovov
P. Sorensen
V.V. Sosnovtsev
I. Stancu
M.R. Stark
S. Stephenson
N. Stern
A. Stevens
T. Stiegler
K. Stifter
R. Studley
T. J. Sumner
K. Sundarnath
P. Sutcliffe
N. Swanson
M. Szydagis
M Tan
W. Taylor
R. Taylor
D. J. Taylor
D. Temples
B. P. Tennyson
P. A. Terman
K.J. Thomas
J. Thomson
D.R. Tiedt
M. Timalsina
W. H. To
A Tomas
T. Tope
Mani Tripathi
D.R. Tronstad
Craig Tull
W. Turner
L. Tvrznikova
M. Utes
U. Utku
S. Uvarov
J. Va’vra
Antonin Vacheret
A. Vaitkus
J.R. Verbus
T. Vietanen
E. Voirin
Co Vuosalo
S. Walcott
W.L. Waldron
K. Walker
J.J. Wang
R. Wang
L. Wang
Y. Wang
J.R. Watson
J. Migneault
S. Weatherly
R. C. Webb
W.-Z. Wei
M. While
R.G. White
J. T. White
D. White
T. J. Whitis
W. J. Wisniewski
Kenneth Wilson
M. S. Witherell
F.L.H. Wolfs
J.D. Wolfs
D. Woodward
S. D. Worm
X. Xiang
Q Xiao
Jun Xu
Minfang Yeh
J. Yin
I. Young
Chao Zhang

We describe the designand assemblyof the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, a direct detection search for cosmic WIMPdark matter particles. The centerpiece of the experiment is a large liquid xenon time projection chambersensitive to low energy nuclear recoils. Rejection of backgrounds is enhanced by a Xe skin vetodetector and by a liquid scintillator Outer Detector loaded with gadoliniumfor efficient neutron captureand tagging. LZ is located in the Davis Cavern at the 4850' level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. We describe the major subsystems of the experiment and its key design features and requirements.

Keywords:

Particle physics
WIMP
Scintillator
Detector
COSMIC cancer database
Physics
Neutron capture
Dark matter
Time projection chamber
Xenon
Nuclear magnetic resonance
low energy
Mathematical physics

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