LUX Installation (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

LUX Installation

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Here is a view of the LUX detector during assembly. LUX is installed at the center of a 72,000 gallon tank filled with deionized water. The water, along with photomultiplier tubes lining the tank, act together as a veto system to rule out false-positive signals.

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Photo by Matthew Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Facility

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