Publications

Publications by Year

The Data Acquisition System of the LZ Dark Matter Detector: FADR, arXiv:2405.14732

Constraints On Covariant WIMP-Nucleon Effective Field Theory Interactions from the First Science Run of the LUX-ZEPLIN Experiment, arXiv:2404.17666

New constraints on ultraheavy dark matter from the LZ experiment, arXiv:2402.08865

A Search for New Physics in Low-Energy Electron Recoils from the first LUX-ZEPLIN Exposure, HEPData

First Constraints on WIMP-Nucleon Effective Field Theory Couplings in an Extended Energy Region From LUX-ZEPLIN, arXiv: 2312.02030

Nuclear recoil response of liquid xenon and its impact on solar 8B neutrino and dark matter searches, arXiv:2304.06142

Background Determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment, arXiv:2211.17120

Improved Dark Matter Search Sensitivity Resulting from LUX Low-Energy Nuclear Recoil Calibration, arXiv:2210.05859

First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment, arXiv:2207.03764

A Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics, arXiv:2203.02309

Fast and Flexible Analysis of Direct Dark Matter Search Data with Machine Learning, arXiv:2201.05734

Cosmogenic production of 37Ar in the context of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, arXiv:2201.02858

Feasibility Study to use Neutron Capture for an Ultra-low Energy Nuclear-recoil Calibration in Liquid Xenon, arXiv:2204.03109

Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment to the two-neutrino and neutrinoless double beta decays of 134Xe, arXiv:2104.13374

Projected sensitivities of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment to new physics via low-energy electron recoils, arXiv:2102.11740

Enhancing the sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment to low energy signals, arXiv:2101.08753

Constraints on Effective Field Theory Couplings Using 311.2 days of LUX Data, arXiv:2102.06998

 “The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs”,  arXiv:2006.02506

“Investigation of background electron emission in the LUX detector”, arXiv:2004.07791

“An Effective Field Theory Analysis of the First LUX Dark Matter Search”, arXiv:2003.11141

“Simulations of Events for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment”,  AstroPart.Phys. 2020.102480, arXiv:2001.09363

“Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment to the 0νββ decay of 136Xe”, Phy. Rev. C 102 (2020)1, 014602, arXiv:1912.04248

“The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment”, arxiv:1910.09124

“Measurement of the Gamma Ray Background in the Davis Cavern at the Sanford Underground Research Facility”,  AstroPart. Phy. 116 (2020) 102391, arxiv:1904.02112

“Discrimination of electronic recoils from nuclear recoils in two-phase xenon time projection chambers”, arxiv:2004.06304

“Search for two neutrino double electron capture of 124Xe and 126Xe in the full exposure of the LUX detector”, arxiv:1912.02742

“Improved Modeling of β Electronic Recoils in Liquid Xenon Using LUX Calibration Data”, arxiv:1910.04211

“Extending light WIMP searches to single scintillation photons in LUX”, arxiv:1907.06272

“Improved Measurements of the β-Decay Response of Liquid Xenon with the LUXDetector”, arXiv:1903.12372, Phys. Rev. D 100, 022002 (2019), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.022002

“Results of a Search for Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using 2013 LUX Data,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 13101 (2019), arXiv:1811.11241

“Search for annual and diurnal rate modulations in the LUX experiment,” Phys. Rev. D 98, 062005 (2018), arXiv:1807.07113

“LUX Trigger Efficiency”. NIMA 908, Pg.401-410, arXiv:1802.07784

“Liquid xenon scintillation measurements and pulse shape discrimination in the LUX dark matter detector”. Phys. Rev. D 97, 112002 (2018), arXiv:1802.06162

“Projected WIMP sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment” , arXiv:1802.06039

“Calibration, event reconstruction, data analysis and limit calculation for the LUX dark matter experiment”, Phys. Rev. D 97, 102008, arXiv:1712.05696

“Position Reconstruction in LUX”, Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 13, February 2018, arXiv:1710.02752

“Chromatographic separation of radioactive noble gases from xenon”, Astropart. Phys. 97, 80-87 (2018), arXiv:1605.038442017

“Ultra-Low Energy Calibration of LUX Detector using 127Xe Electron Capture”, Phys. Rev. D 96, 112011 (2017) arXiv:1709.00800

“3D Modeling of Electric Fields in the LUX Detector”, JINST 12 P11022 (2017). arXiv:1709.00095

“Kr-83m calibration of the 2013 LUX dark matter search”, Phys. Rev. D 96 112009 (2017). arXiv:1708.02566

“Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross section obtained from the complete LUX exposure”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 251302 (2017). arXiv:1705.03380

“First Searches for Axions and Axionlike Particles with the LUX Experiment”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 261301 (2017), arXiv:1704.02297

“LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Technical Design Report”. arXiv:1703.09144

“Identification of Radiopure Titanium for the LZ Dark Matter Experiment and Future Rare Event Searches”, Astroparticle Physics, Volume 96, 2017, arXiv:1702.02646

“Signal yields, energy resolution, and recombination fluctuations in liquid xenon” Phys. Rev. D 95, 012008 (2017). arXiv:1610.02076

“Results from a search for dark matter in LUX with 332 live days of exposure”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 021303. arXiv:1608.07648

J.R. Verbus, et. al. “Low-energy nuclear recoil calibrations in dual-phase TPCs”, NIMA 851, Pg. 68-81, arXiv:1608.05309

 “Low-energy (0.7-74 keV) nuclear recoil calibration of the LUX dark matter experiment using D-D neutron scattering kinematics”, arXiv:1608.05381

“First spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross section limits from the LUX experiment” (2016), Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 161302, arXiv:1602.03489

“Improved Limits on Scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from Reanalysis of 2013 LUX data” (2016), Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 161301, arXiv:1512.03506

“Tritium calibration of the LUX dark matter experiment” (2016), Phys. Rev. D 93, 072009, arXiv:12512:03133

“FPGA-based Trigger System for the LUX Dark Matter Experiment”, NIMA 818, Pg.57-67, arXiv:1511.03541

 “Radiogenic and muon-induced backgrounds in the LUX dark matter detector”, Astropart. Phys. 62 33-46 (2015), arXiv:1403.1299

“LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Conceptual Design Report”, arXiv:1509.02910

“First results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 091303, arXiv:1310.8214

D.C. Malling, S. Fiorucci, M. Pangilinan, J.J. Chapman, C.H. Faham, J.R. Verbus, R.J. Gaitskell. “Dark Matter Search Backgrounds from Primordial Radionuclide Chain Disequilibrium”, arXiv:1305.5183

“The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Experiment,” Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 704, 111-126 (2013), arXiv:1211.3788

“Technical Results from the Surface Run of the LUX Dark Matter Experiment,” Astropart. Phys. 45 (2013) pp 34-43, arXiv:1210.4569

“An Ultra-Low Background PMT for Liquid Xenon Detectors,” Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 703 1 (2013), arXiv:1205.2272

”The LUX prototype detector: heat exchanger development,” Nucl. Instr. Meth. A, January 24 (2013),  arXiv:1207.3665

”LUXSim: A Component-Centric Approach to Low-Background Simulations,” Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 675 63 (2012), arXiv:1111.2074

“Data Acquisition and Readout System for the LUX Dark Matter Experiment,” Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 668 1 (2012), arXiv:1108.1836

Suggested Reading

Lectures on Dark Matter Physics

Dark Matter (A Comprehensive Review)

Direct Detection of Dark Matter: A Critical Review

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Technical Design Report

First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

The first few introductory chapters of recent graduate theses