Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: This work presents an analysis of monoenergetic electronic recoil peaks in the dark-matter-search and calibration data from the first underground science run of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) detector. Liquid xenon charge and light yields for electronic recoil energies between 5.2 and 661.7 keV are measured, as well as the energy resolution for the LUX detector at those same energies. Additionally, there is an interpretation of existing measurements and descriptions of electron-ion recombination fluctuations in liquid xenon as limiting cases of a more general liquid xenon recombination fluctuation model. Measurements of the standard deviation of these fluctuations at monoenergetic electronic recoil peaks exhibit a linear dependence on the number of ions for energy deposits up to 661.7 keV, consistent with previous LUX measurements between 2 and 16 keV with $^{3}\mathrm{H}$. We highlight similarities in liquid xenon recombination for electronic and nuclear recoils with a comparison of recombination fluctuations measured with low-energy calibration data.
Authors: D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum, H. M. Araújo, X. Bai, A. J. Bailey, J. Balajthy, P. Beltrame, E. P. Bernard, A. Bernstein, T. P. Biesiadzinski, E. M. Boulton, R. Bramante, P. Brás, D. Byram, S. B. Cahn, M. C. Carmona-Benitez, C. Chan, A. A. Chiller, C. Chiller, A. Currie, J. E. Cutter, T. J. R. Davison, A. Dobi, J. E. Y. Dobson, E. Druszkiewicz, B. N. Edwards, C. H. Faham, S. Fiorucci, R. J. Gaitskell, V. M. Gehman, C. Ghag, K. R. Gibson, M. G. D. Gilchriese, C. R. Hall, M. Hanhardt, S. J. Haselschwardt, S. A. Hertel, D. P. Hogan, M. Horn, D. Q. Huang, C. M. Ignarra, M. Ihm, R. G. Jacobsen, W. Ji, K. Kamdin, K. Kazkaz, D. Khaitan, R. Knoche, N. A. Larsen, C. Lee, B. G. Lenardo, K. T. Lesko, A. Lindote, M. I. Lopes, A. Manalaysay, R. L. Mannino, M. F. Marzioni, D. N. McKinsey, D.-M. Mei, J. Mock, M. Moongweluwan, J. A. Morad, A. St. J. Murphy, C. Nehrkorn, H. N. Nelson, F. Neves, K. O’Sullivan, K. C. Oliver-Mallory, K. J. Palladino, E. K. Pease, P. Phelps, L. Reichhart, C. Rhyne, S. Shaw, T. A. Shutt, C. Silva, M. Solmaz, V. N. Solovov, P. Sorensen, S. Stephenson, T. J. Sumner, M. Szydagis, D. J. Taylor, W. C. Taylor, B. P. Tennyson, P. A. Terman, D. R. Tiedt, W. H. To, M. Tripathi, L. Tvrznikova, S. Uvarov, J. R. Verbus, R. C. Webb, J. T. White, T. J. Whitis, M. S. Witherell, F. L. H. Wolfs, J. Xu, K. Yazdani, S. K. Young, C. Zhang
Institutions: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Case Western Reserve University, Stanford University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Imperial College London, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Edinburgh, Yale University, University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of Coimbra, University of South Dakota, South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, University of California, Santa Barbara, Brown University, University of California, Davis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University College London, University of Rochester, Texas A&M University, University at Albany, State University of New York
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Yale University, Brown University, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Royal Society, Imperial College London, University College London, Office of Science, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Awards: G1079818582, G1088636562, G1143651532, THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL ADDRESS AND ADVANCE CAPABILITIES TO ADDRESS OF NEWLY DISCOVEREDELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND THE LAWS OF NATURE GOVERNING ALL, G1281577335, G1286236842, G1287290481, HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS RESEARCH AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, NEW: PUSHING THE DARK MATTER LIMIT: TRIGGERING LUX: PI-FRANK WOLFS, G14554683, G180393771, G1828049174, The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Search, G1852020741, G1863003419, A RESEARCH PROGRAM IN THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, Experimental Particle Cosmology at Case, G2005809587, G2145270357, G222768804, Sample preparation equipment for ultra low background screening with ICP-MS, G2812149348, G2821925151, G2832354963, G2852993957, G2988778103, G3083819904, G3162760174, A RESEARCH PROGRAM IN THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, THE LUX‐ZEPLIN DARK MATTER EXPERIMENT: FROM EXCLUSION TO DISCOVERY POTENTIAL WITH BETTER SIMULATIONS AND VETOS, UCSB HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS GROUP PROPOSAL FOR DE-FOA-0000948, G3571461640, G365113682, A RESEARCH PROGRAM IN THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, G419881185, NUCLEAR SCIENCE & SECURITY CONSORTIUM (NNSC), G42916606, G4304665902, Quota Studentship 2012, G4501827968, Experimental Particle Physics Consolidated Grant (2012-2016), Astroparticle Detection, A HIGH SPEED DATA ACQUISITION SUBSYSTEM FOR SCC, UK INVOLVEMENT IN DIRECT DARK MATTER SEARCHES, G4836177623, G498139845, The study of elementary particles and their interactions, Training Grant Imperial Physics, RESEARCH ON QUANTUM GRAVITY, CONSTRUCTION OF THE LUX DARK MATTER EXPERIMENT AT THE SANFORD UNDERGROUND SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LA, The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Search, G574795485, Particle Astrophysics at Yale: The LUX Dark Matter Search, G6002389141, Astroparticle Detection, CONSTRUCTION OF THE LUX DARK MATTER EXPERIMENT AT THE SANFORD UNDERGROUND SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LABORATORY, RECOVERY ACT - HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE PHYSICS RESEARCH, NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING NONPROLIFERATION RESEARCH CONSORTIUM, G7146827954, UK INVOLVEMENT IN DIRECT DARK MATTER SEARCHES, Experimental Particle Physics at the University of Edinburgh, G7354628648, G759921648, G7746214008, G8103039852, Quota Studentship 2012, G8179423158, LUX Operations at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, G8367970376, Deteção directa de matéria escura: participação nas experiências LUX-ZEPLIN e LUX, LUX Operations at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, G857543222, LUX350/LUX-ZEPLIN R&D, Particle Astrophysics at Yale: The LUX Dark Matter Search, Construction of the LUX Dark Matter Experiment at the Sanford Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory, G969889393
OpenAlex ID: W2530743263