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We propose a new method to determine magnetic fields, by using the magnetic-field induced electric dipole transition $3p^43d\,^4\mathrm{D}_{7/2}$ $\rightarrow$ $3p^5\, ^2\mathrm{P}_{3/2}$ in Fe$^{9+}$ ions. This ion has a high abundance in…
The van der Waals ferromagnet (FM), VI$_3$, was studied by muon spin relaxation ($\mu^+$SR) and first principle calculations based on density functional theory (DFT). Temperature dependent zero field muon spin relaxation ($\mu^+$SR)…
While electron and muon dipole moments are well-established precision probes of physics beyond the standard model, it is notoriously challenging to test realistic new-physics (NP) scenarios for the $\tau$ lepton. Constructing suitable…
The ability for most hadrons to decay via strong interactions prevents the direct measurement of their electromagnetic properties. However, a detailed understanding of how these resonant states feature in scattering processes can allow one…
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…
The electric dipole moment of the muon ($d_\mu$) is evaluated in a two Higgs doublet model with a softly broken discrete symmetry. For $\tan\beta \equiv |v_2|/|v_1| \sim 1$, contributions from two loop diagrams involving the $t$ quark and…
The muon anomalous magnetic moment is one of the most precisely measured quantities in particle physics. Recent high precision measurements (0.54ppm) at Brookhaven reveal a ``discrepancy'' by 3 standard deviations from the electroweak…
We present the first results of the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment for the positive muon magnetic anomaly $a_\mu \equiv (g_\mu-2)/2$. The anomaly is determined from the precision measurements of two angular frequencies. Intensity variation of…
I report on the progress of two new muon anomalous magnetic moment experiments, which are in advanced design and construction phases. The goal of Fermilab E989 is to reduce the experimental uncertainty of $a_\mu$ from Brookhaven E821 by a…
A precision measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment, $a_{\mu} = (g-2)/2$, was previously performed at BNL with a result of 2.2 - 2.7 standard deviations above the Standard Model (SM) theoretical calculations. The same experimental…
A confirmation of the long-standing muon $g$-2 discrepancy requires both experimental and theoretical progress. On the theory side, the hadronic corrections are under close scrutiny, as they induce the leading uncertainty of the Standard…
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…
We present a detailed report of the method, setup, analysis and results of a precision measurement of the positive muon lifetime. The experiment was conducted at the Paul Scherrer Institute using a time-structured, nearly 100%-polarized,…
A new superferric magnetic storage ring with highly homogeneous field at 1.45 T and weak electrostatic focussing is described which has been set up at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), USA, for a precision measurement of the…
The Muon $g-2$ collaboration at Fermilab has announced their final result of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. By adopting the lattice-QCD evaluation of the leading-order hadronic-vacuum-polarization, this result is now in…
We calculate the weak magnetic dipole moment of different fermions in the MSSM. In particular, we consider in detail the predictions for the WMDM of the tau lepton and bottom quark. We compare the purely SUSY contributions with two Higss…
Large scale neutrino detectors and muon tomography rely on the muon direction in the detector to infer the muon's or parent neutrino's origin. However, muons accumulate deflections along their propagation path prior to entering the…
Detecting and measuring a non-Gaussian signature of primordial origin in the density field is a major science goal of next-generation galaxy surveys. The signal will permit us to determine primordial physics processes and constrain models…
The muonium atom is the purely leptonic bound state of a positive muon and an electron. It has a lifetime of 2.2 $\mu$s. The absence of any known internal structure provides for precision experiments to test fundamental physics theories and…
Finding the stopping site of the muon in a muon-spin relaxation experiment is one of the main problems of muon spectroscopy, and computational techniques that make use of quantum chemistry simulations can be of great help when looking for…