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– A HISTORY IN PICTURES –

 

 

     

Early Design (VL) – June 1997

That blue CAD again (VL) – 2001

EarlyZ3

 

 

Construction – Imperial, Jan 2001 – Jan 2006

PMTs_grid1_2  status_050428_3

 

 

First Light – Imperial, 24 Jan 2006

FirstLight

 

 

Surface Testing – Imperial, Jan – Aug 2006

  Co57_event4

 

 

Transport to Boulby – 02/03 Dec 2006

DSCF0035b  DSCF0039b

 

 

Transport to JIF lab05 Dec 2006

80b  92b

 

 

Underground Commissioning – Jan 2007

xe_shut.jpg

 

ZEPLIN-III in place – Jan 2007

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Approval by STFC – 2 April 2007

Funding for ZEPLIN-III underground deployment and operation

is approved by the UK Science & Technology Facilities Council

 

 

First Dark – 16 June 2007

070616_FirstDark_2Phase

 

 

Inside neutron shield – 18 June 2007

Z3Shielded_low UGTeam_low

 

 

Ready to run: gamma shield finalised – 19 Feb 2008

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First Science Run –27 Feb 2008 to 20 May 2008

 

 

First Science Run results – Dec 2008

 

 

 

Photomultiplier array upgraded at long last – Feb 2010

  DSCF2957b

 

 

Veto commissioned around ZEPLIN-III – May 2010

 

 

Second Science Run – June 2010 to May 2011

 

 

Second Science Run results – October 2011

 

 

 

ZEPLIN-III decommissioned at Boulby – 2 Sep 2011

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