The most sensitive dark matter detector has been launched

11.07.2022, 12:04 root-nation.com

Deep under the Black Hills of South Dakota, at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), an innovative and uniquely sensitive dark matter detector experiment – the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – has passed the control stage of launch operations and received its first results. Researchers report the start of a full-fledged scientific work. The first scientific data, published in an article on the LZ experiment website, showed that all settings were made correctly. The device is ready to search for dark matter.