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One of the most promising quantities for the search of signatures of physics beyond the Standard Model is the anomalous magnetic moment $g-2$ of the muon, where a comparison of the experimental result with the Standard Model estimate yields…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2020-02-03 Vera Gülpers

The muon g-2 experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory measures the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, $a_\mu$, very precisely. This measurement tests the Standard Model. The analysis for the data collected in 2000 (a $\mu^+$ run) is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Cenap S. Ozben

We summarize recent developments in the Standard-Model evaluation of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon $a_\mu$, both in the hadronic-light-by-light and hadronic-vacuum-polarization contributions. The current situation for the latter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-09 Gilberto Colangelo , Martin Hoferichter , Peter Stoffer

We update our Standard Model predictions for g-2 of the muon and for the hadronic contributions to the running of the QED coupling, Delta alpha_had^(5)(M_Z^2). Particular emphasis is put on recent changes in the hadronic contributions from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-28 K. Hagiwara , R. Liao , A. D. Martin , Daisuke Nomura , T. Teubner

The status of the muon (g-2) experiment at the Brookhaven AGS is reviewed. An accuracy of 1.3 ppm on the mu^+ anomalous magnetic moment has been achieved and published. This result differs with the standard model prediction by about 2.5…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Lee Roberts , H. N. Brown

The Fermilab Muon $g-2$ experiment measures the muon anomalous magnetic moment with high precision. Together with recent improvements on the theory front, the first results of the experiment confirm the long-standing discrepancy between the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-11-22 Marco Incagli

A new measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, $a_{\mu} \equiv (g-2)/2$, will be performed at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory with data taking beginning in 2017. The most recent measurement, performed at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-01-03 Wesley Gohn

I present recent calculations of the hadronic contributions to muon anomalous magnetic moment in holographic QCD, based on gauge/gravity duality. The holographic estimates are compared well with the analysis based on recently revised BaBar…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-08-23 Deog Ki Hong

The 4.2$\sigma$ discrepancy between the standard model prediction for the muon anomalous magnetic moment $a_\mu$ and the experimental result is accompanied by other anomalies. A crucial input for the prediction is the hadronic vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-07-06 Luc Darmé , Giovanni Grilli di Cortona , Enrico Nardi

The anomalous magnetic moment (g-2) of the muon was measured with a precision of 0.54 ppm in Experiment 821 at Brookhaven National Laboratory. A difference of 3.2 standard deviations between this experimental value and the prediction of the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-15 Frederick Gray

The E821 experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory is designed to measure the muon magnetic anomaly, a_mu, to an ultimate precision of 0.4 parts per million (ppm). Because theory can predict a_mu to 0.6 ppm, and ongoing efforts aim to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-08-23 David W. Hertzog

A new measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, $a_{\mu} \equiv (g-2)/2$, will be performed at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory with data taking beginning in 2017. The most recent measurement, performed at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-11-16 W. Gohn

The Muon (g-2) Experiment (E821) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has measured the anomalous magnetic moment of the positive muon to an unprecedented precision of 1.3 parts per million. The result, a_{\mu^+} = (g-2)/2 = 11 659…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 2 Collaboration , O. Rind

A review of the experimental and theoretical determinations of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon is given. The anomaly is defined by a=(g-2)/2, where the Land\'e g-factor is the proportionality constant that relates the spin to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 James P. Miller , Eduardo de Rafael , B. Lee Roberts

The BaBar Collaboration has an intensive program of studying hadronic cross sections at low-energy $e^+e^-$ collisions, accessible via initial-state radiation. Our measurements allow significant improvements in the precision of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-02-05 Denis Bernard

A new evaluation of the hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to the muon magnetic moment is presented. We take into account the reanalysis of the low-energy \ee annihilation cross section into hadrons by the CMD-2 Collaboration. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 Michel Davier

The past five years have brought significant new results on the muon magnetic anomaly, $a_\mu = (g_\mu - 2)/2$, and on the hadronic vacuum polarization (HVP) contribution dominating the uncertainty $\Delta a_\mu$. Serious tension has…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-03 Dinko Pocanic

The hadronic vacuum polarisation contributions to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, $a_{\mu}^{\rm had, VP}$ are evaluated dispersively via a combination of experimentally measured $e^+e^-\rightarrow {\rm hadrons}$ cross section…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-03-26 Alexander Keshavarzi

The electron and muon anomalous magnetic moments (AMM) are measured in experiments and studied in the Standard Model (SM) with the highest precision accessible in particle physics. The comparison of the measured quantity with the SM…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-19 A. E. Dorokhov , A. E. Radzhabov , A. S. Zhevlakov

We review the role of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon a_\mu as a powerful probe of physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM), taking advantage of the final result of the Fermilab g-2 experiment and the recently updated Standard…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-27 Peter Athron , Kilian Möhling , Dominik Stöckinger , Hyejung Stöckinger-Kim