LZ Dark Matter
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Exciting update – tune in from 10am MT on the 8th of December to hear new results from the LZ Dark Matter Experiment – broadcast from a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility!
🌟Join our results webinar live at this link: sanfordlab.org/lz-2025-result 🌟
🌟Join our results webinar live at this link: sanfordlab.org/lz-2025-result 🌟
December 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Exciting update – tune in from 10am MT on the 8th of December to hear new results from the LZ Dark Matter Experiment – broadcast from a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility!
🌟Join our results webinar live at this link: sanfordlab.org/lz-2025-result 🌟
🌟Join our results webinar live at this link: sanfordlab.org/lz-2025-result 🌟
🔹The LBNL group took part in Spooky Astronomy at the Chabot Observatory and HALLoween at Lawrence Hall of Science. 🎃 They got the public involved in dark matter activities and even had a cloud chamber! ☁️
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🔹The LBNL group took part in Spooky Astronomy at the Chabot Observatory and HALLoween at Lawrence Hall of Science. 🎃 They got the public involved in dark matter activities and even had a cloud chamber! ☁️
🔹The dark matter group at Penn State hosted an information booth featuring a virtual underground tour.⛏️ @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🔹The dark matter group at Penn State hosted an information booth featuring a virtual underground tour.⛏️ @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
🔹At the SURF Visitor Centre the public took part in a variety of activities, including playing custom LZ video games developed by researchers based at SURF. 🕹️ @sanfordlabs.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🔹At the SURF Visitor Centre the public took part in a variety of activities, including playing custom LZ video games developed by researchers based at SURF. 🕹️ @sanfordlabs.bsky.social
Last month LZers from all over the world took part in dark matter day events where they got the public involved with the hunt for dark matter! 🌎
#darkmatter #darkmatterday
#darkmatter #darkmatterday
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Last month LZers from all over the world took part in dark matter day events where they got the public involved with the hunt for dark matter! 🌎
#darkmatter #darkmatterday
#darkmatter #darkmatterday
🌌 Dark Matter 101: The LZ Crash Course 🚀 | Lesson 4: The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector, part 2!
Last time, we introduced the LZ detector and its role in the hunt for dark matter. Now, let’s dig into how we actually read out signals when a particle interacts inside our detector ⚡️💡
Last time, we introduced the LZ detector and its role in the hunt for dark matter. Now, let’s dig into how we actually read out signals when a particle interacts inside our detector ⚡️💡
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🌌 Dark Matter 101: The LZ Crash Course 🚀 | Lesson 4: The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector, part 2!
Last time, we introduced the LZ detector and its role in the hunt for dark matter. Now, let’s dig into how we actually read out signals when a particle interacts inside our detector ⚡️💡
Last time, we introduced the LZ detector and its role in the hunt for dark matter. Now, let’s dig into how we actually read out signals when a particle interacts inside our detector ⚡️💡
What a weekend!!! We had an amazing time at New Scientist Live in London! Our stand was always so busy and we hope everyone who stopped by had fun and learnt something about the underground hunt for dark matter ✨ 🌌. #NewScientistLive #DarkMatter
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
What a weekend!!! We had an amazing time at New Scientist Live in London! Our stand was always so busy and we hope everyone who stopped by had fun and learnt something about the underground hunt for dark matter ✨ 🌌. #NewScientistLive #DarkMatter
It’s almost here!!! We’re so excited to tell you all about #darkmatter at #NewScientistLive this weekend!
October 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It’s almost here!!! We’re so excited to tell you all about #darkmatter at #NewScientistLive this weekend!
Join us next time to find out about the signals we collect and how they can be used to identify dark matter! 🔎🌌
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Join us next time to find out about the signals we collect and how they can be used to identify dark matter! 🔎🌌
We use an electric field to push ionized electrons into the gas at top of the detector to collect a second flash of light for every particle interaction- more on this next time!
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We use an electric field to push ionized electrons into the gas at top of the detector to collect a second flash of light for every particle interaction- more on this next time!
We use photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) as the eyes 👀 of the detector to collect the flashes of light produced by the xenon.
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We use photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) as the eyes 👀 of the detector to collect the flashes of light produced by the xenon.
The more xenon we have, the more chance of seeing dark matter...
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The more xenon we have, the more chance of seeing dark matter...
Xenon is an ideal target for dark matter, and it scintillates ✨ - produces light when particles pass through it.
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Xenon is an ideal target for dark matter, and it scintillates ✨ - produces light when particles pass through it.
This lesson is a bit of a shift from the previous ones! So far, we’ve explored how we know dark matter exists and how we might detect it, even though it is invisible to us!
Now we are zooming in on the LZ experiment, which uses three key ingredients to look for dark matter...
Now we are zooming in on the LZ experiment, which uses three key ingredients to look for dark matter...
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This lesson is a bit of a shift from the previous ones! So far, we’ve explored how we know dark matter exists and how we might detect it, even though it is invisible to us!
Now we are zooming in on the LZ experiment, which uses three key ingredients to look for dark matter...
Now we are zooming in on the LZ experiment, which uses three key ingredients to look for dark matter...
🌌 Dark Matter 101: The LZ Crash Course 🚀 | Lesson 4: The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector, part 1!
Hello again! It’s time for the fourth installment of our crash course
Hello again! It’s time for the fourth installment of our crash course
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🌌 Dark Matter 101: The LZ Crash Course 🚀 | Lesson 4: The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector, part 1!
Hello again! It’s time for the fourth installment of our crash course
Hello again! It’s time for the fourth installment of our crash course
Collider searches, like at the LHC, look for signatures of dark matter produced in high energy particle collisions.
Ideally, we will see consistent evidence of dark matter particles in all three of these types of searches! ✨
Ideally, we will see consistent evidence of dark matter particles in all three of these types of searches! ✨
July 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Collider searches, like at the LHC, look for signatures of dark matter produced in high energy particle collisions.
Ideally, we will see consistent evidence of dark matter particles in all three of these types of searches! ✨
Ideally, we will see consistent evidence of dark matter particles in all three of these types of searches! ✨
Indirect searches look for particles produced by dark matter annihilating or decaying out in distant space!
July 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Indirect searches look for particles produced by dark matter annihilating or decaying out in distant space!
LZ is a direct detection experiment, we hope to observe the recoils of dark matter with our liquid xenon target 🎯
July 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
LZ is a direct detection experiment, we hope to observe the recoils of dark matter with our liquid xenon target 🎯
Also known as shake it, break it, make it!
July 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Also known as shake it, break it, make it!
There are three main ways in which you can try to detect dark matter:
🎬Direct detection
⚡️Indirect detection
💥Collider production
🎬Direct detection
⚡️Indirect detection
💥Collider production
July 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
There are three main ways in which you can try to detect dark matter:
🎬Direct detection
⚡️Indirect detection
💥Collider production
🎬Direct detection
⚡️Indirect detection
💥Collider production
Lesson number three is all about how we can detect dark matter. In previous lessons we saw that there is a lot of dark matter in our universe, but that it’s invisible! So, how can we detect it?
July 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Lesson number three is all about how we can detect dark matter. In previous lessons we saw that there is a lot of dark matter in our universe, but that it’s invisible! So, how can we detect it?
Dark Matter 101: The LZ Crash Course 📷 | Lesson 3: Detecting dark matter
Hello again! It’s time for the third installment of our crash course! #DarkMatter101 #LZCrashCourse #DarkMatter #DetectingDarkMatter #ParticlePhysics #Astrophysics #ScienceSeries #SpaceMysteries #DirectDetection
Hello again! It’s time for the third installment of our crash course! #DarkMatter101 #LZCrashCourse #DarkMatter #DetectingDarkMatter #ParticlePhysics #Astrophysics #ScienceSeries #SpaceMysteries #DirectDetection
July 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Dark Matter 101: The LZ Crash Course 📷 | Lesson 3: Detecting dark matter
Hello again! It’s time for the third installment of our crash course! #DarkMatter101 #LZCrashCourse #DarkMatter #DetectingDarkMatter #ParticlePhysics #Astrophysics #ScienceSeries #SpaceMysteries #DirectDetection
Hello again! It’s time for the third installment of our crash course! #DarkMatter101 #LZCrashCourse #DarkMatter #DetectingDarkMatter #ParticlePhysics #Astrophysics #ScienceSeries #SpaceMysteries #DirectDetection
Happy pride from LZ! We recognize and celebrate our LGBTQIA+ collaborators and are proud of the contributions they make to science 🏳️🌈
#pridemonth #happypride #lgbtqia
#pridemonth #happypride #lgbtqia
June 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Happy pride from LZ! We recognize and celebrate our LGBTQIA+ collaborators and are proud of the contributions they make to science 🏳️🌈
#pridemonth #happypride #lgbtqia
#pridemonth #happypride #lgbtqia