Boulby Development Call: XLZD Industrial Engagement

Boulby 开发呼吁：XLZD 工业参与

• 批准号: ST/Y003187/1
• 负责人: Henrique Araujo
• 金额: $ 4万
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FY003187%2F1
• 关键词: Boulby; Development; Call; XLZD; Industrial

Discovering the nature of particle dark matter (DM) is a key priority in Physics - and for STFC. Direct detection of electroweak-scale DM in our galaxy is the primary goal of the XLZD consortium, formed by the coming together of the foremost collaborations in the field: XENON-nT, LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) and DARWIN. XLZD is proposing a large underground experiment based on the leading liquid xenon (LXe) technology: the definitive search for WIMP DM, able to rule out or discover in the accessible parameter space remaining above the irreducible neutrino background. The scientific potential of such a "rare event observatory" is detailed in a comprehensive white paper signed by 600 authors worldwide. LZ and Xenon-nT are the leading experiments in the field at present. Discovery of DM at XLZD would have profound implications for our understanding of the universe, its birth and its structure.STFC is currently considering a proposal to host the XLZD experiment in a state-of-the-art new facility at the Boulby Underground Laboratory in North Yorkshire (XLZD@Boulby). This project will engage UK industry in planning for industrialising the construction of XLZD underground at Boulby, identify cost-effective routes to the supply of the necessary xenon stock, and plan for training of the skilled workforce in the local area that will be required to construct, install and operate the experiment. This project will prepare the way for the major investment in goods, services and people in the local area that will contribute substantially to the levelling-up of the North-East.

发现粒子暗物质（DM）的性质是物理和STFC的关键优先级。在我们的银河系中直接检测Electroweak-Scale DM是XLZD财团的主要目标，该目标是由该领域最重要的合作组成的：Xenon-NT，Lux-Zeplin（LZ）和Darwin。 XLZD提出了一个基于领先的液体氙（LXE）技术的大型地下实验：对WIMP DM的确定搜索，能够排除或发现在不可减少中微子背景上方的可访问参数空间中。全世界600名作者签署的综合白皮书中详细介绍了这种“罕见事件天文台”的科学潜力。 LZ和Xenon-NT是目前领域的主要实验。在XLZD中发现DM将对我们对宇宙的理解，其出生和结构的理解具有深远的影响。STFC目前正在考虑在北约克郡Boulby Underground实验室的最先进的新设施中托管XLZD实验的提议（XLZD@Boulby）。该项目将吸引英国行业计划在布尔比（Boulby）的地下建设XLZD，确定供应必要的Xenon股票的成本效益路线，并计划在当地需要培训熟练的员工队伍，以建造，安装和运营实验。该项目将为当地的商品，服务和人员进行重大投资做准备，这将为东北地区的悬浮做出重大贡献。