Daniel Akerib
Daniel S. Akerib (born June 19, 1962) is an American
fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).[1]
Biography
Akerib graduated in 1984 with an A.B. from the
UC Berkeley's Center for Particle Astrophysics[2] (which was started in 1989 with funding from the National Science Foundation).[5] In the physics department of Case Western Reserve University, he was from 1995 to 2001 an assistant professor, from 2001 to 2004 an associate professor, and from 2004 to 2014 a full professor. He also chaired the department from 2007 to 2010.[2] Akerib has been a professor of particle physics and astrophysics at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory since 2014, with a courtesy full-time professorship in Stanford University's physics department.[2]
Akerib was involved for about two years (from 2019 to 2020) in the
primordial gravitational waves and to gather data about the early universe[6]
but is no longer involved.
At Case Western Reserve University from 2008 to 2014, he worked with Thomas A. Shutt on the
Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment to detect dark matter particles. In 2014 both were appointed to professorships at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University.[7] The two became the leaders of the SLAC establishment of a Liquid Nobles Test Platform.[2][8] Their group "specializes in detector development, xenon purification, and simulations".[2]
Akerib's 2008 APS fellowship citation is for "significant contributions to direct Dark Matter detection experiments, in particular for his work on the CDMS experiment."[1]
Since the 1990s he has done research on the search for WIMPs, beginning with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search and in recent years with the Large Underground Xenon experiment and the LUX-ZEPLIN Experiment. He now works on expanding and improving time projection chambers to improve sensitivity for possible detection of WIMPs. Such chambers use liquid xenon as a target medium.[2]
On May 31, 1992, in Lodi, New York, he married Chantal Christ.[9]
Selected publications
- Ammar, R.; et al. (1993). "Evidence for penguin-diagram decays: First observation of B→K*(892)γ". Physical Review Letters. 71 (5): 674–678. PMID 10055338. (over 850 citations)
- Alam, M. S.; et al. (1994). "Exclusive hadronic B decays to charm and charmonium final states". Physical Review D. 50 (1): 43–68. S2CID 2799720.
- Akerib, D. S.; et al. (2003). "New results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment". Physical Review D. 68 (8): 082002. S2CID 116987929.
- Akerib, D. S.; et al. (2004). "First Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search in the Soudan Underground Laboratory". Physical Review Letters. 93 (21): 211301. S2CID 119045944.
- Ahmed, Z.; et al. (2009). "Search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with the First Five-Tower Data from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search at the Soudan Underground Laboratory". Physical Review Letters. 102 (1): 011301. S2CID 1767124. (over 600 citations)
- CDMS II Collaboration; et al. (2010). "Dark Matter Search Results from the CDMS II Experiment". Science. 327 (5973): 1619–1621. S2CID 53365634. (over 900 citations)
- Ahmed, Z.; et al. (2011). "Results from a Low-Energy Analysis of the CDMS II Germanium Data". Physical Review Letters. 106 (13): 131302. S2CID 9879642. 2011 (over 650 citations)
- Malling, D. C.; et al. (2011). "After LUX: The LZ Program". arXiv:1110.0103 [astro-ph.IM].
- Akerib, D.S.; et al. (2013). "The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 704: 111–126. S2CID 67768071.
- Akerib, D. S.; et al. (2014). "First Results from the LUX Dark Matter Experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility". Physical Review Letters. 112 (9): 091303. S2CID 2161650. (over 2150 citations)
- Akerib, D. S.; et al. (2016). "Improved Limits on Scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from Reanalysis of 2013 LUX Data". Physical Review Letters. 116 (16): 161301. S2CID 6139502. (over 500 citations)
- Akerib, D. S.; et al. (2017). "Results from a Search for Dark Matter in the Complete LUX Exposure". Physical Review Letters. 118 (2): 021303. S2CID 206284055. (over 1950 citations)
- Mount, B. J.; et al. (2017). "LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Technical Design Report". arXiv:1703.09144 [physics.ins-det].
- Akerib, D. S.; et al. (2020). "Projected WIMP sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment". Physical Review D. 101 (5): 052002. S2CID 55406755.
- Akerib, D.S.; et al. (2020). "The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 953: 163047. S2CID 204800748.
References
- ^ a b "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. (search on year=2008 and institution=Case Western Reserve University)
- ^ a b c d e f g "Daniel Akerib". Physics Department, Stanford University.
- OSTI 5260890.
- ^ "A search for the rare decay K+ --> π+vv̄ / Daniel S. Akerib". Catalog, Princeton University Library. 1991.
- .
- ^ "Daniel Akerib". Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC).
- ^ "Noted Dark Matter Experts Daniel Akerib and Thomas Shutt Join SLAC Faculty". SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. July 1, 2014.
- ^ Stifter, Kelly (December 10, 2018). "Noble liquid detector R&D with the LZ System Test platform at SLAC" (PDF). LZ Collaboration, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (lz.lbl.gov).
- ^ "Wedding Akerib - Christ". Daily Press (DailyPress.com). June 14, 1992.
External links
- "Daniel Akerib, Kavli Frontiers of Science Alumni". National Academy of Science.
- "Dr. Dan Akerib talks about Dark Matter pt 2.mov". YouTube. SDPB (South Dakota Public Broadcasting). July 15, 2011.
- "The Case for Dark Matter: Do WIMPS Rule". YouTube. Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). April 12, 2013; Speakers: Dan Akerib & Tom Shutt, March 27, 2013, CWRU campus
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - "Searching for Dark Matter, the LUX and LZ Experiments - Dan Akerib". YouTube. SETI Institute. June 18, 2015.
- ""Do WIMPs Rule? The Search for Cosmic Dark Matter" by Dan Akerib". YouTube. Carnegie Mellon University Mellon College of Science. November 13, 2017; Bennett-McWilliams Lecture in Cosmology
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