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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 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 Fermilab Proton Improvement Plan II, or PIP-II, would enable the world's most intense high-energy neutrino beam and would help scientists search for rare particle physics processes. The PIP-II goal is to deliver 1.2 MW of proton beam…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2022-02-15 Sergei Nagaitsev , Valeri Lebedev

I describe the new generation of muon-to-electron conversion experiments, COMET and Mu2e, being constructed to make use of new high power pulsed muon beams a J-PARC and Fermilab respectively. A brief overview of the physics explored by the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-12-04 R. P. Litchfield

The Mu2e experiment aims to test Charge Lepton Flavour Violation to an unprecedented level, enhancing the current sensitivity by four orders of magnitude for the neutrinoless conversion of muons into electrons. A series of graded solenoids…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 S. Giovannella

A new experiment at Fermilab will measure the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon with a precision of 140 parts per billion (ppb). This measurement is motivated by the results of the Brookhaven E821 experiment that were first released…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-02 Frederick Gray

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

With the planned turn-on of the PIP-II 800 MeV superconducting proton linac, Fermilab will potentially become the world's best laboratory at which to carry out fundamental muon measurements, sensitive searches for symmetry violation, and…

Searches for charged lepton flavor violation in the muon sector stand out among the most sensitive and clean probes for physics beyond the Standard Model. Currently, $\mu^+ \to \mathrm{e}^+ \gamma$ experiments provide the best constraints…

Starting this summer, Fermilab will host a key experiment dedicated to the search for signals of new physics: The Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment. Its aim is to precisely measure the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. In full operation, in…

The Fermilab Proton-Improvement-Plan-II (PIP-II) is being implemented in order to support the precision neutrino oscillation measurements at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, the U.S. flagship neutrino experiment. The PIP-II LINAC…

The completion of the PIP-II project and its superconducting linear accelerator will provide up to 1.2 MW of beam power to the LBNF/DUNE facility for neutrino physics. It will also be able to produce high-power beams directly from the linac…

Precision measurements of fundamental quantities have played a key role in pointing the way forward in developing our understanding of the universe. Though the enormously successful Standard Model (SM) describes the breadth of both…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 J. Grange

We report the results of a search for $\nu_{e}$ appearance in a $\nu_{\mu}$ beam in the MINOS long-baseline neutrino experiment. With an improved analysis and an increased exposure of $8.2\times10^{20}$ protons on the NuMI target at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-05-30 MINOS Collaboration , P. Adamson , D. J. Auty , D. S. Ayres , C. Backhouse , G. Barr , M. Betancourt , M. Bishai , A. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. J. Boehnlein , D. Bogert , S. V. Cao , S. Cavanaugh , D. Cherdack , S. Childress , J. A. B. Coelho , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , I. Z. Danko , J. K. de Jong , N. E. Devenish , M. V. Diwan , M. Dorman , C. O. Escobar , J. J. Evans , E. Falk , G. J. Feldman , M. V. Frohne , H. R. Gallagher , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , P. Gouffon , N. Graf , R. Gran , K. Grzelak , A. Habig , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Himmel , A. Holin , X. Huang , J. Hylen , G. M. Irwin , Z. Isvan , D. E. Jaffe , C. James , D. Jensen , T. Kafka , S. M. S. Kasahara , G. Koizumi , S. Kopp , M. Kordosky , A. Kreymer , K. Lang , G. Lefeuvre , J. Ling , P. J. Litchfield , L. Loiacono , P. Lucas , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , M. Mathis , N. Mayer , A. M. McGowan , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , D. G. Michael , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , J. Mitchell , C. D. Moore , L. Mualem , S. Mufson , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , J. A. Nowak , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , W. P. Oliver , M. Orchanian , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , G. F. Pearce , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , X. Qiu , J. Ratchford , B. Rebel , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin , M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , A. Schreckenberger , P. Schreiner , P. Shanahan , R. Sharma , A. Sousa , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , J. Thomas , M. A. Thomson , R. Toner , D. Torretta , G. Tzanakos , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , B. Viren , J. J. Walding , A. Weber , R. C. Webb , C. White , L. Whitehead , S. G. Wojcicki , T. Yang , R. Zwaska

The Mu2e experiment measures the conversion rate of muons into electrons and the Muon g-2 experiment measures the muon magnetic moment. Both experiments require 53 MHz batches of 8 GeV protons to be re-bunched into 150 ns, 2.5 MHz pulses…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-03-28 P. Varghese , B. Chase

The Mu2e experiment at Fermilab proposes to search for the coherent neutrino-less conversion of muons to electrons in the presence of a nucleus. The experimental signature for an aluminum target is an isolated 105 MeV electron exiting the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-11-09 S. Boi , A. Dyshkant , D. Hedin , E. Johnson , E. Prebys , P. Rubinov

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…

A portion of the remnant Tevatron program infrastructure at Fermilab is being reconfigured to be used for the generation and delivery of proton and muon beams for new high-precision particle physics experiments. With the 8 GeV Booster as…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-12-23 J. A. Johnstone , M. J. Syphers

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…

Charged Lepton Flavor Violation is expected to be one of the most powerful tools to reveal physics beyond the Standard Model. The COMET experiment aims to search for the neutrinoless coherent transition of a muon into an electron in the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-03-29 Manabu Moritsu