22 September 2022
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London
Europe/London timezone

First Results and Status of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

22 Sept 2022, 11:30
30m
Lecture Theatre 2 (Level 1) (Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London)

Lecture Theatre 2 (Level 1)

Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London

Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ

Speaker

Amy Cottle

Description

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) direct dark matter detection experiment is currently operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota. LZ recently set new limits on WIMP-nucleus interactions above 9 GeV/c^2 with its first science run (SR1). This talk will detail these results, the status and outlook of the project.

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