LZ Dark Matter

Experiment
About Us

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a flagship physics experiment searching for the elusive dark matter particles which many scientists believe make up most of the mass of the universe.

The LZ detector employs a 7-tonne liquid xenon target to search for the rare interactions of these particles with ordinary atoms in the detector medium. The experiment is located one mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (Lead, South Dakota, USA).

This is the website for LZUK, the collaboration of nine UK institutes working on LZ. The website for the international project can be found here.

Latest News

JULY 2022

LZ Announces Successful Start of Operations and First Science Results

JULY 2021

Liquid Xenon Collaborations Join Forces

OCTOBER 2020

CD-4 Approval – LZ Concludes Construction Phase

OCTOBER 2019

LZ Detector Moves Underground (Carefully…)

JULY 2018

UK Delivers Titanium Cryostat to Sanford Lab

JANUARY 2017

CD-3 Approval — Next-Generation Dark Matter Detector in a Race to Finish Line

SEPTEMBER 2016

Construction of World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Moves Forward

MARCH 2015

CD-1 Approval and Project Kickoff in the UK — LZ Becomes a Project

Latest Publications

FIRST RESULTS FROM LZ

Results from the first science run of LZ, confirming the technical performance and world-leading search results from a short “engineering run” in 2022.

SENSITIVITY TO WIMP DARK MATTER

A detailed simulation study of the expected sensitivity of LZ to WIMP dark matter interactions, published before commissioning the experiment.

INSTRUMENT PAPER

The description of the LZ experiment as built: major subsystems of the experiment and its key design features and requirements.

TECHNICAL DESIGN REPORT

The design and performance of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector are described as of March 2017 in this Technical Design Report.

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT

The design and performance of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector are described as of March 2015 in this Conceptual Design Report.

LUX PUBLICATIONS

The LUX experiment was decommissioned in 2016 to make way for LZ, but its data continued to produce important scientific and technical results.

LZUK Organisation

PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES

About the participating institutes.

ORGANISATIONAL ROLES

Find out how LZUK is organised.

CONTACTS

Find contact details.