LZ Dark Matter
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The experiment will also release a paper preprint at the end of the webinar, posted at lz.lbl.gov, and then uploaded to arXiv.
Please contact the LZ Spokesperson (Richard Gaitskell, Brown University) and LBL Press Office (Lauren Biron) for further details.
Please contact the LZ Spokesperson (Richard Gaitskell, Brown University) and LBL Press Office (Lauren Biron) for further details.
The LZ Dark Matter Experiment | The status and science of the LZ dark matter experiment.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The experiment will also release a paper preprint at the end of the webinar, posted at lz.lbl.gov, and then uploaded to arXiv.
Please contact the LZ Spokesperson (Richard Gaitskell, Brown University) and LBL Press Office (Lauren Biron) for further details.
Please contact the LZ Spokesperson (Richard Gaitskell, Brown University) and LBL Press Office (Lauren Biron) for further details.
⭐ A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by, asked questions and shared the excitement of exploring one of the universe’s biggest mysteries. Our curiosity keeps the search moving forward!
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
⭐ A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by, asked questions and shared the excitement of exploring one of the universe’s biggest mysteries. Our curiosity keeps the search moving forward!
🔹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
By combining these signals, we can reconstruct exactly where the interaction happened in 3D. 🗺️ This allows us to focus on the detector’s clean inner region and reject pesky background events near the edges.
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
By combining these signals, we can reconstruct exactly where the interaction happened in 3D. 🗺️ This allows us to focus on the detector’s clean inner region and reject pesky background events near the edges.
When a particle interacts inside the detector, it creates a quick flash of light (S1) and a second, delayed flash (S2) as freed electrons drift upward. ⚡✨
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
When a particle interacts inside the detector, it creates a quick flash of light (S1) and a second, delayed flash (S2) as freed electrons drift upward. ⚡✨
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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! 🔎🌌
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...
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!