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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

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

The new g-2 experiment at Fermilab aims to measure the muon anomalous magnetic moment by a fourfold improvement in precision compared to the BNL experiment. Achieving this goal requires the delivery of highly polarized 3.094 GeV/c muons…

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…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2013-01-30 C. Yoshikawa , A. Leveling , N. V. Mokhov , J. Morgan , D. Neuffer , S. Striganov

This paper will cover the physics and methods behind Fermilab's Muon g-2 Experiment, along with the long-awaited results from Run-1. The experiment was undertaken to resolve the tension between the Standard Model and the previous…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-02-24 Alexander Tewsley-Booth

The Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab seeks to measure the muon magnetic moment anomaly, $a_\mu =(g-2)/2$, with a final target precision of 0.14 parts-per-million (ppm). The experiment's initial result, published in 2021 using Run 1 data from…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-27 Estifa'a Zaid

The current $\sim3.5\sigma$ discrepancy between the experimental measurement and theoretical prediction of the muon magnetic anomaly, $a_{\mu}$, stands as a potential indication of the existence of new physics. The Muon $g-2$ experiment at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-07-24 Alexander Keshavarzi

The E989 Muon $g-2$ experiment at Fermilab aims to measure the anomalous magnetic moment, $a^{}_\mu$, of the muon with a precision of 140 parts-per-billion. This requires a precise measurement of both the anomalous spin precession…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-11 S. Corrodi , P. De Lurgio , D. Flay , J. Grange , R. Hong , D. Kawall , M. Oberling , S. Ramachandran , P. Winter

This White Paper briefly reviews the present status of the muon (g-2) Standard-Model prediction. This value results in a 3 - 4 standard-deviation difference with the experimental result from Brookhaven E821. The present experimental…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-11-12 Thomas Blum , Achim Denig , Ivan Logashenko , Eduardo de Rafael , B. Lee Roberts , Thomas Teubner , Graziano Venanzoni

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. The most recent measurement, performed at Brookhaven National Laboratory and completed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-20 Wesley Gohn

The Muon g-2 Experiment (E989) at Fermilab measures the muon magnetic anomaly, aiming to resolve the greater than 3$\sigma$ discrepancy between the previous measurement and the Standard Model calculation with an improved precision of 140…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-10 Ran Hong

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 muon magnetic anomaly, $a_{\mu}=(g_{\mu}-2)/2$, plays a special role in the history of the Standard Model (SM). Precise calculations and measurements of this fundamental quantity provide a stringent test of the SM and a window to the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-17 Alex Keshavarzi , Kim Siang Khaw , Tamaki Yoshioka

We present the final report from a series of precision measurements of the muon anomalous magnetic moment, a_mu = (g-2)/2. The details of the experimental method, apparatus, data taking, and analysis are summarized. Data obtained at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 Muon , Collaboration , : , G. W. Bennett

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

Fermilab is dedicated to hosting world-class experiments in search of new physics that will operate in the coming years. The Muon g-2 Experiment is one such experiment that will determine with unprecedented precision the muon anomalous…

The Muon $(g-2)$ experiment, E821, at the Brookhaven AGS has the goal to measure the muon anomalous magnetic moment to a relative accuracy of $\pm 3.5 \times 10^{-7}$. A superferric 14 m diameter storage ring has been constructed and an…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Lee Roberts

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 g-2 experiment at FERMILAB has confirmed the muon anomalous magnetic moment anomaly with an error bar 15% smaller and a different central value compared with the previous Brookhaven result. The combined results from FERMILAB and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-08-17 Giorgio Arcadi , Álvaro S. de Jesus , Téssio B. de Melo , Farinaldo S. Queiroz , Yoxara S. Villamizar

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