Sentences with phrase «liquid xenon inside»

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One of the latest null results in the search for WIMPs came from the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment, a third of a ton of liquid xenon held at a frosty — 100 degrees Celsius inside a giant water - filled tank buried one and a half kilometers beneath the Black Hills of South DaXenon (LUX) experiment, a third of a ton of liquid xenon held at a frosty — 100 degrees Celsius inside a giant water - filled tank buried one and a half kilometers beneath the Black Hills of South Daxenon held at a frosty — 100 degrees Celsius inside a giant water - filled tank buried one and a half kilometers beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota.

The first null result this summer came from the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment, a third of a metric ton of liquid xenon held at a frosty − 100 degrees Celsius inside a giant, water - filled tank buried one and a half kilometers under the Black Hills of South DaXenon (LUX) experiment, a third of a metric ton of liquid xenon held at a frosty − 100 degrees Celsius inside a giant, water - filled tank buried one and a half kilometers under the Black Hills of South Daxenon held at a frosty − 100 degrees Celsius inside a giant, water - filled tank buried one and a half kilometers under the Black Hills of South Dakota.

LZ would have a 10 - ton liquid xenon target, which will fit inside the same 72,000 - gallon tank of pure water used by LUX.

The new instrument, containing 3.5 tons of ultra-pure noble gas Xenon cooled to nearly -140 degrees Fahrenheit to make it liquid, is installed inside a 10 - meter - wide water shield to protect it from radioactive background radiation.