Alex Murphy

PROF

Personal Chair in Nuclear & Particle Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy

Phone+44 (0)131 650 5285
Emailamurphy@ph.ed.ac.uk
Websitehttp://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~amurphy

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Nuclear astrophysics
Direct detection of dark matter

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Research Interests

Direct detection of dark matter, and nuclear astrophysics, especailly explosive scenarios.

Teaching

Major roles in pre-honours teaching. Course organiser for Classical & Modern Physics (and Modern Physics). Also lecture modern physics (nuclear, particle and astrophysics) in first year.

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114 Article
5 Chapter
4 Conference contribution
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Simulations of Events for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Collaboration, 1 Feb 2021, In: Astroparticle Physics. 125, 23 p., 102480.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Discrimination of electronic recoils from nuclear recoils in two-phase xenon time projection chambers
LUX Collaboration, 1 Dec 2020, In: Physical Review D. 102, 11, 112002.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Extending light WIMP searches to single scintillation photons in LUX
LUX Collaboration & Murphy, A., 10 Feb 2020, In: Physical Review D. 101, 4, 042001.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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First direct detection constraint on mirror dark matter kinetic mixing using LUX 2013 data
LUX Collaboration & Murphy, A. S. J., 3 Jan 2020, In: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. 101, 1, 012003.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Improved Modeling of β Electronic Recoils in Liquid Xenon Using LUX Calibration Data
LUX Collaboration & Murphy, A., 28 Feb 2020, In: Journal of Instrumentation. 15, 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Lord Kelvin Award Lecture for the Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Murphy, Alex (Recipient), 5 Sep 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

5 Active
18 Finished

BRIdging Disciplines of Galactic Chemical Evolution (BRIDGCE) Consortium 2021-2024
Murphy, A.
STFC
1/04/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
XENON FUTURES: R&D for a Global Rare Event Observatory - Phase 1
Murphy, A.
STFC
1/10/19 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
Experimental Particle Physics At The University Of Edinburgh
Martin, V., Clark, P., Clarke, P., Farrington, S., Leonidopoulos, C., Muheim, F., Murphy, A. & Needham, M.
STFC
1/10/19 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
AIT /WATCHMAN: Year 1
Needham, M., Muheim, F. & Murphy, A.
STFC
1/10/18 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
Edinburgh Nuclear Physics Group Consolidated Grant Proposal
Woods, P., Aliotta, M., Lederer-Woods, C., Murphy, A. & Watts, D.
STFC
1/10/17 → 30/09/21
Project: Research

Dr Alexander Murphy: dark matter traps
Alex Murphy
17/03/14
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Edinburgh one of collaborators detecting second gravitational wave
Alex Murphy
16/06/16
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Scientists publish first results from the Large Underground Xenon experiment
Alex Murphy
30/10/13
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Prof Alex Murphy helps upgrade sophisticated dark matter detector in US
Alex Murphy
14/12/15
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Dr Alex Murphy helps create most sensitive dark matter detector in the world
Alex Murphy
4/11/13
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research