Speaker
Harvey Birch
(University of Michigan)
Description
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector will consist of 7 tonnes (5.6 tonnes fiducial) of liquified xenon in a dual-phase Time Projection Chamber (TPC), which is sensitive to the nuclear recoil induced by Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). Among the various type of background particles, neutrons pose a great threat to the WIMPs searches due to the indistinguishable nuclear recoil. The outer detector of LZ is equipped with 17 tonnes of Gadolinium-doped Liquid Scintillator (GdLS) that captures neutrons with very high efficiency. The LZ outer detector will characterize the external background, increasing the fiducial volume of LZ by 70%. I will present the design, expected performance and current status of the LZ outer detector.
Primary author
Harvey Birch
(University of Michigan)
Co-author
Juijen (Ryan) Wang
(University of Michigan)
