Investigation of background electron emission in the LUX detector

D.S. Akerib, 2 S. Alsum, H.M. Araújo, X. Bai, J. Balajthy, A. Baxter, E.P. Bernard, A. Bernstein, T.P. Biesiadzinski, 2 E.M. Boulton, 10, 11 B. Boxer, P. Brás, S. Burdin, D. Byram, 14 M.C. Carmona-Benitez, C. Chan, J.E. Cutter, L. de Viveiros, E. Druszkiewicz, A. Fan, 2 S. Fiorucci, 16 R.J. Gaitskell, C. Ghag, M.G.D. Gilchriese, C. Gwilliam, C.R. Hall, S.J. Haselschwardt, S.A. Hertel, 10 D.P. Hogan, M. Horn, 8 D.Q. Huang, C.M. Ignarra, 2 R.G. Jacobsen, O. Jahangir, W. Ji, 2 K. Kamdin, 10 K. Kazkaz, D. Khaitan, E.V. Korolkova, S. Kravitz, V.A. Kudryavtsev, E. Leason, B.G. Lenardo, 9 K.T. Lesko, J. Liao, J. Lin, A. Lindote, M.I. Lopes, A. Manalaysay, 6 R.L. Mannino, 3 N. Marangou, D.N. McKinsey, 10 D.-M. Mei, M. Moongweluwan, J.A. Morad, A.St.J. Murphy, A. Naylor, C. Nehrkorn, H.N. Nelson, F. Neves, A. Nilima, K.C. Oliver-Mallory, 10 K.J. Palladino, E.K. Pease, 10 Q. Riffard, 10 G.R.C. Rischbieter, C. Rhyne, P. Rossiter, S. Shaw, 18 T.A. Shutt, 2 C. Silva, M. Solmaz, V.N. Solovov, P. Sorensen, T.J. Sumner, M. Szydagis, D.J. Taylor, R. Taylor, W.C. Taylor, B.P. Tennyson, P.A. Terman, D.R. Tiedt, W.H. To, L. Tvrznikova, 10, 11 U. Utku, S. Uvarov, A. Vacheret, V. Velan, R.C. Webb, J.T. White, T.J. Whitis, 2 M.S. Witherell, F.L.H. Wolfs, D. Woodward, J. Xu, ∗ and C. Zhang SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94205, USA Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,