ProfessorHenriqueAraujo

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Professor of Physics

Contact

+44 (0)20 7594 7549h.araujo

Location

510Blackett LaboratorySouth Kensington Campus

Summary

Henrique Araujo is an experimental astroparticle physicist with the High Energy Physics group at Imperial. His work focuses on the direct detection of dark matter, the elusive substance thought to constitute most of the mass in the universe. Large physics experiments located deep underground attempt to detect the very faint and rare collisions of the mysterious dark matter particles with ordinary atoms at the core of very sensitive radiation detectors.

Henrique was involved in the ZEPLIN dark matter search located at the Boulby Underground Laboratory (UK) for about a decade; the programme developed the use of two-phase xenon technology for dark matter searches. He was data analysis coordinator for ZEPLIN-III and became spokesperson for the collaboration in 2010. He joined the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment in 2012. LUX was installed at the 4850-ft level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), located in the former Homestake mine in South Dakota, US. LUX published several world leading dark matter searches until 2017.

Since 2012 he has led the UK teams developing the international LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, and he co-led the development of the LZ Xenon Detector from design through to the end of construction in 2020. LZ will operate at SURF from 2021 and will probe popular models of particle dark matter and rare astrophysical neutrino interactions.

Henrique has also developed radiation detection instruments for spacecraft. He collaborated with the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the European Space Agency on the Highly Miniaturised Radiation Monitor (HMRM), a miniature instrument to characterise the radiation environment in Earth orbit. Previously, he was involved in the design of the LISA Pathfinder Radiation Monitor.

He is Co-Director of Research (Physics) and a member of the Executive Committee of the Department of Physics at Imperial.

Publications

Journals

Araújo HM, Balashov SN, Borg JE, et al.Araújo HM, Balashov SN, Borg JE, Brunbauer FM, Cazzaniga C, Frost CD, Garcia F, Kaboth AC, Kastriotou M, Katsioulas I, Khazov A, Kraus H, Kudryavtsev VA, Lilley S, Lindote A, Loomba D, Lopes MI, Asamar EL, Dapica PL, Majewski PA, Marley T, McCabe C, Mills AF, Nakhostin M, Neep T, Neves F, Nikolopoulos K, Oliveri E, Ropelewski L, Tilly E, Solovov VN, Sumner TJ, Tarrant J, Turnley R, van der Grinten MGD, Veenhof R close, 2023, The MIGDAL experiment: Measuring a rare atomic process to aid the search for dark matter, Astroparticle Physics, Vol:151, ISSN:0927-6505

Aalbers J, Akerib DS, Akerlof CW, et al.Aalbers J, Akerib DS, Akerlof CW, Al Musalhi AK, Alder F, Alqahtani A, Alsum SK, Amarasinghe CS, Ames A, Anderson TJ, Angelides N, Araújo HM, Armstrong JE, Arthurs M, Azadi S, Bailey AJ, Baker A, Balajthy J, Balashov S, Bang J, Bargemann JW, Barry MJ, Barthel J, Bauer D, Baxter A, Beattie K, Belle J, Beltrame P, Bensinger J, Benson T, Bernard EP, Bhatti A, Biekert A, Biesiadzinski TP, Birch HJ, Birrittella B, Blockinger GM, Boast KE, Boxer B, Bramante R, Brew CAJ, Brás P, Buckley JH, Bugaev VV, Burdin S, Busenitz JK, Buuck M, Cabrita R, Carels C, Carlsmith DL, Carlson B, Carmona-Benitez MC, Cascella M, Chan C, Chawla A, Chen H, Cherwinka JJ, Chott NI, Cole A, Coleman J, Converse MV, Cottle A, Cox G, Craddock WW, Creaner O, Curran D, Currie A, Cutter JE, Dahl CE, David A, Davis J, Davison TJR, Delgaudio J, Dey S, de Viveiros L, Dobi A, Dobson JEY, Druszkiewicz E, Dushkin A, Edberg TK, Edwards WR, Elnimr MM, Emmet WT, Eriksen SR, Faham CH, Fan A, Fayer S, Fearon NM, Fiorucci S, Flaecher H, Ford P, Francis VB, Fraser ED, Fruth T, Gaitskell RJ, Gantos NJ, Garcia D, Geffre A, Gehman VM, Genovesi J, Ghag C, Gibbons R, Gibson E, Gilchriese MGD, Gokhale S, Gomber B, Green J, Greenall A, Greenwood S, van der Grinten MGD, Gwilliam CB, Hall CR, Hans S, Hanzel K, Harrison A, Hartigan-O'Connor E, Haselschwardt SJ, Hernandez MA, Hertel SA, Heuermann G, Hjemfelt C, Hoff MD, Holtom E, Hor JY-K, Horn M, Huang DQ, Hunt D, Ignarra CM, Jacobsen RG, Jahangir O, James RS, Jeffery SN, Ji W, Johnson J, Kaboth AC, Kamaha AC, Kamdin K, Kasey V, Kazkaz K, Keefner J, Khaitan D, Khaleeq M, Khazov A, Khurana I, Kim YD, Kocher CD, Kodroff D, Korley L, Korolkova EV, Kras J, Kraus H, Kravitz S, Krebs HJ, Kreczko L, Krikler B, Kudryavtsev VA, Kyre S, Landerud B, Leason EA, Lee C, Lee J, Leonard DS, Leonard R, Lesko KT, Levy C, Li J, Liao F-T, Liao J, Lin J, Lindote A, Linehan R, Lippincott WH, Liu R, Liu X, Liu Y, Loniewski C, Lopes MI, Lopez Asamar E, López Paredes B, Lorenzon W, Lucero D, Luitz S close, 2023, First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment., Phys Rev Lett, Vol:131

Aalbers J, Akerib DS, Musalhi AKA, et al.Aalbers J, Akerib DS, Musalhi AKA, Alder F, Alsum SK, Amarasinghe CS, Ames A, Anderson TJ, Angelides N, Araújo HM, Armstrong JE, Arthurs M, Baker A, Bang J, Bargemann JW, Baxter A, Beattie K, Beltrame P, Bernard EP, Bhatti A, Biekert A, Biesiadzinski TP, Birch HJ, Blockinger GM, Boxer B, Brew CAJ, Brás P, Burdin S, Buuck M, Cabrita R, Carmona-Benitez MC, Chan C, Chawla A, Chen H, Chiang APS, Chott NI, Converse MV, Cottle A, Cox G, Creaner O, Dahl CE, David A, Dey S, De Viveiros L, Ding C, Dobson JEY, Druszkiewicz E, Eriksen SR, Fan A, Fearon NM, Fiorucci S, Flaecher H, Fraser ED, Fruth T, Gaitskell RJ, Genovesi J, Ghag C, Gibbons R, Gilchriese MGD, Gokhale S, Green J, Van Der Grinten MGD, Gwilliam CB, Hall CR, Han S, Hartigan-O'connor E, Haselschwardt SJ, Hertel SA, Heuermann G, Horn M, Huang DQ, Hunt D, Ignarra CM, Jacobsen RG, Jahangir O, James RS, Johnson J, Kaboth AC, Kamaha AC, Khaitan D, Khurana I, Kirk R, Kodroff D, Korley L, Korolkova EV, Kraus H, Kravitz S, Kreczko L, Krikler B, Kudryavtsev VA, Leason EA, Lee J, Leonard DS, Lesko KT, Levy C, Lin J, Lindote A, Linehan R, Lippincott WH, Liu X close, 2023, Background determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment, Physical Review D, Vol:108, ISSN:2470-0010

Wass PJ, Sumner TJ, Araújo HM, et al.Wass PJ, Sumner TJ, Araújo HM, Hollington D close, 2023, Simulating the charging of isolated free-falling masses from TeV to eV energies: Detailed comparison with LISA Pathfinder results, Physical Review D, Vol:107, ISSN:2470-0010

Aalbers J, AbdusSalam SS, Abe K, et al.Aalbers J, AbdusSalam SS, Abe K, Aerne V, Agostini F, Maouloud SA, Akerib DS, Akimov DY, Akshat J, Al Musalhi AK, Alder F, Alsum SK, Althueser L, Amarasinghe CS, Amaro FD, Ames A, Anderson TJ, Andrieu B, Angelides N, Angelino E, Angevaare J, Antochi VC, Martin DA, Antunovic B, Aprile E, Araujo HM, Armstrong JE, Arneodo F, Arthurs M, Asadi P, Baek S, Bai X, Bajpai D, Baker A, Balajthy J, Balashov S, Balzer M, Bandyopadhyay A, Bang J, Barberio E, Bargemann JW, Baudis L, Bauer D, Baur D, Baxter A, Baxter AL, Bazyk M, Beattie K, Behrens J, Bell NF, Bellagamba L, Beltrame P, Benabderrahmane M, Bernard EP, Bertone GF, Bhattacharjee P, Bhatti A, Biekert A, Biesiadzinski TP, Binau AR, Biondi R, Biondi Y, Birch HJ, Bishara F, Bismark A, Blanco C, Blockinger GM, Bodnia E, Boehm C, Bolozdynya A, Bolton PD, Bottaro S, Bourgeois C, Boxer B, Bras P, Breskin A, Breur PA, Brew CAJ, Brod J, Brookes E, Brown A, Brown E, Bruenner S, Bruno G, Budnik R, Bui TK, Burdin S, Buse S, Busenitz JK, Buttazzo D, Buuck M, Buzulutskov A, Cabrita R, Cai C, Cai D, Capelli C, Cardoso JMR, Carmona-Benitez MC, Cascella M, Catena R, Chakraborty S, Chan C, Chang S, Chauvin A, Chawla A, Chen H, Chepel V, Chott N, Cichon D, Chavez AC, Cimmino B, Clark M, Co RT, Colijn AP, Conrad J, Converse M, Costa M, Cottle A, Cox G, Creaner O, Garcia JJC, Cussonneau JP, Cutter JE, Dahl CE, David A, Decowski MP, Dent JB, Deppisch FF, de Viveiros L, Di Gangi P, Di Giovanni A, Di Pede S, Dierle J, Diglio S, Dobson JEY, Doerenkamp M, Douillet D, Drexlin G, Druszkiewicz E, Dunsky D, Eitel K, Elykov A, Emken T, Engel R, Eriksen SR, Fairbairn M, Fan A, Fan JJ, Farrell SJ, Fayer S, Fearon NM, Ferella A, Ferrari C, Fieguth A, Fieguth A, Fiorucci S, Fischer H, Flaecher H, Flierman M, Florek T, Foot R, Fox PJ, Franceschini R, Fraser ED, Frenk CS, Frohlich S, Fruth T, Fulgione W, Fuselli C, Gaemers P, Gaior R, Gaitskell RJ, Galloway M, Gao F, Garcia IG, Genovesi J, Ghag C, Ghosh S, Gibson E, Gil W, Giovagnoli D, Girard F, Glade-Beu close, 2023, A next-generation liquid xenon observatory for dark matter and neutrino physics, Journal of Physics G-nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol:50, ISSN:0954-3899

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