Kavli Affiliate: C. M. Ignarra
| First 5 Authors: LZ Collaboration, J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi, F. Alder
| Summary:
Following the first science results of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, a
dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating from the Sanford Underground
Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA, we report the initial limits on a
model-independent non-relativistic effective field theory describing the
complete set of possible interactions of a weakly interacting massive particle
(WIMP) with a nucleon. These results utilize the same 5.5 t fiducial mass and
60 live days of exposure collected for the LZ spin-independent and
spin-dependent analyses while extending the upper limit of the energy region of
interest by a factor of 7.5 to 270~keV$_text{nr}$. No significant excess in
this high energy region is observed. Using a profile-likelihood ratio analysis,
we report 90% confidence level exclusion limits on the coupling of each
individual non-relativistic WIMP-nucleon operators for both elastic and
inelastic interactions in the isoscalar and isovector bases.
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