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We present a new, completely revised calculation of the muon anomalous magnetic moment, $a_\mu=(g_{\mu}-2)/2$, comparing it with the more recent experimental determination of this quantity; this furnishes an important test of theories of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 J. F. de Troconiz , F. J. Yndurain

Quantum loops induce an anomaly, a_mu, in the magnetic moment of the muon that can be accurately measured. Its Standard Model prediction is limited in precision by contributions from hadronic vacuum polarisation of the photon. The dominant…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-09-20 Andreas Hoecker

The longstanding discrepancy between the measured and the predicted values of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, $a_\mu = (g-2)/2$, is one of the most intriguing potential hints of new physics in particle physics. After a brief…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-01-18 Bogdan Malaescu

The New Muon $(g-2)$ Collaboration at Fermilab has proposed to measure the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, $a_\mu$, a factor of four better than was done in E821 at the Brookhaven AGS, which obtained $a_\mu = [116 592 089 (63)]…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-01-05 B. Lee Roberts

The leading-order hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic moment anomaly $a_\mu\equiv (g_\mu-2)/2$, calculated using a dispersion integral of $e^+e^-$ annihilation data and $\tau$ data, is briefly reviewed. This contribution has the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-12-31 Zhiqing Zhang

We review the status of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon as a precision probe of physics beyond the Standard Model (SM) after the release of the final results from the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) Muon $g-2$…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-19 David W. Hertzog , Martin Hoferichter

We review the present status of the Standard Model calculation of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. This is performed in a perturbative expansion in the fine-structure constant $\alpha$ and is broken down into pure QED,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-11-16 T. Aoyama , N. Asmussen , M. Benayoun , J. Bijnens , T. Blum , M. Bruno , I. Caprini , C. M. Carloni Calame , M. Cè , G. Colangelo , F. Curciarello , H. Czyż , I. Danilkin , M. Davier , C. T. H. Davies , M. Della Morte , S. I. Eidelman , A. X. El-Khadra , A. Gérardin , D. Giusti , M. Golterman , Steven Gottlieb , V. Gülpers , F. Hagelstein , M. Hayakawa , G. Herdoíza , D. W. Hertzog , A. Hoecker , M. Hoferichter , B. -L. Hoid , R. J. Hudspith , F. Ignatov , T. Izubuchi , F. Jegerlehner , L. Jin , A. Keshavarzi , T. Kinoshita , B. Kubis , A. Kupich , A. Kupść , L. Laub , C. Lehner , L. Lellouch , I. Logashenko , B. Malaescu , K. Maltman , M. K. Marinković , P. Masjuan , A. S. Meyer , H. B. Meyer , T. Mibe , K. Miura , S. E. Müller , M. Nio , D. Nomura , A. Nyffeler , V. Pascalutsa , M. Passera , E. Perez del Rio , S. Peris , A. Portelli , M. Procura , C. F. Redmer , B. L. Roberts , P. Sánchez-Puertas , S. Serednyakov , B. Shwartz , S. Simula , D. Stöckinger , H. Stöckinger-Kim , P. Stoffer , T. Teubner , R. Van de Water , M. Vanderhaeghen , G. Venanzoni , G. von Hippel , H. Wittig , Z. Zhang , M. N. Achasov , A. Bashir , N. Cardoso , B. Chakraborty , E. -H. Chao , J. Charles , A. Crivellin , O. Deineka , A. Denig , C. DeTar , C. A. Dominguez , A. E. Dorokhov , V. P. Druzhinin , G. Eichmann , M. Fael , C. S. Fischer , E. Gámiz , Z. Gelzer , J. R. Green , S. Guellati-Khelifa , D. Hatton , N. Hermansson-Truedsson , S. Holz , B. Hörz , M. Knecht , J. Koponen , A. S. Kronfeld , J. Laiho , S. Leupold , P. B. Mackenzie , W. J. Marciano , C. McNeile , D. Mohler , J. Monnard , E. T. Neil , A. V. Nesterenko , K. Ottnad , V. Pauk , A. E. Radzhabov , E. de Rafael , K. Raya , A. Risch , A. Rodríguez-Sánchez , P. Roig , T. San José , E. P. Solodov , R. Sugar , K. Yu. Todyshev , A. Vainshtein , A. Vaquero Avilés-Casco , E. Weil , J. Wilhelm , R. Williams , A. S. Zhevlakov

The muon anomalous magnetic moment, $a_\mu = (g-2)/2$, is a low-energy observable which can be both measured and computed with very high precision, making it an excellent test of the Standard Model (SM) and a sensitive probe of new physics.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-07-20 Paolo Girotti

I review the recent efforts to improve the precision of the prediction of the anomalous moment of the muon, in particular of the hadronic contribution of the vacuum polarization, which is the contribution with the largest uncertainty. Focus…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-20 D. Bernard

A summary is given of the present status of the theory and experiment of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. A difference between predicted and measured values is an indication of physics beyond the Standard Model. A new experimental…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-06-23 J. P. Miller

New final results from the CMD-2 and SND e+e- annihilation experiments, together with radiative return measurements from BaBar, lead to recent improvements in the standard model prediction for the muon anomaly. The uncertainty at 0.48…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 David W. Hertzog

The muon (g-2) experiment at BNL has completed four data runs for the positive muon, beginning in 1997 and has just finished its first run for the negative muon. Recently the analysis of a 1.3 ppm result based on the 1999 run was completed…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Gerco Onderwater

This article reviews the muon g-2 experiment, a cornerstone in precision tests of the Standard Model of particle physics. The experiment measures the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon with unprecedented accuracy, seeking potential…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-08-06 Marin Karuza

The muon anomaly $a_\mu=(g_\mu-2)/2$ showing a persisting 3 to 4 $\sigma$ deviation between the SM prediction and the experiment is one of the most promising signals for physics beyond the SM. As is well known, the hadronic uncertainties…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-02-20 Fred Jegerlehner

The muon anomalous magnetic moment is one of the most precisely measured quantities in particle physics. In a recent experiment at Brookhaven it has been measured with a remarkable 14-fold improvement of the previous CERN experiment…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-13 Fred Jegerlehner , Andreas Nyffeler

The anomalous magnetic moments of both positive and negative muons are measured to the precision of 0.7 parts per million. Two values are in good agreement. The standard model calculations of muon g-2 are under further studies, especially…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Deng , for Muon g-2 Collaboration

This article reviews and updates the Standard Model prediction of the tau lepton g-2. Updated QED and electroweak contributions are presented, together with new values of the leading-order hadronic term, based on the recent low energy e+ e-…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-10-27 S. Eidelman , M. Passera

We review Standard-Model evaluations of hadronic contributions to the muon anomalous magnetic moment $g-2$. Most space is devoted to the hadronic vacuum polarization contribution, in view of the discrepancy between the data-based dispersive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-08-23 Maarten Golterman

Theoretical calculations of the hadronic contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment utilize experimental data from e+e- annhilation and tau decay. The data provide input to a dispersion relation. I contend that it is not possible to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 Jack L. Uretsky

In this talk I review the recent progress on the numerical evaluation of the Hadronic Light-by-Light contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon and I discuss the role of experimental data on the accuracy of its determination.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-11 Pere Masjuan