Searching for Dark Matter with the LZ experiment

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a next-generation direct detection dark matter detector. The experiment is currently under construction and located underground at the 4850-feet level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota. LZ is aimed to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using a two-phase time projection chamber (TPC) containing 7 tonnes of purified liquid Xe. The projected spin-independent cross section sensitivity for a 40 GeV/c$^{\mathrm{2}}$ WIMP mass is 1.6 \texttimes 10$^{\mathrm{-48}}$ cm$^{\mathrm{2}}$ for 1000 days livetime. The experiment is in the construction phase from 2018 and expected to start data taking in 2020. In this talk, I will present an experimental overview and the current detector status.