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The MUonE experiment has been proposed to measure the differential cross section of $\mu e$ elastic scattering, by colliding the 160 GeV muons of the CERN M2 beam with atomic electrons of thin target plates. From a very precise measurement…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-04-26 Giovanni Abbiendi

We report on the status of charged lepton flavor violating (CLFV) experiments with muons. We focus on the three "golden channels": $\mu^{+} \rightarrow e^{+} \gamma$, $\mu^{+} \rightarrow e^{+} e^{-} e^{+}$ and $\mu^{-} N \rightarrow e^{-}…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-05-09 Dylan Palo

Mu3e is an experiment currently under construction at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, designed to search for the Lepton Flavor Violating (LFV) decay $\mu^+ \rightarrow e^+e^-e^+$. In extensions of the Standard Model (SM) that…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-01-27 Robert Mihai Amarinei

The MUonE experiment proposes a novel approach to determine the leading hadronic contribution to the muon g-2, from a precise measurement of the differential cross section of the $\mu-e$ elastic scattering, achievable by using the CERN SPS…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-01-09 E. Spedicato

The MEG experiment is designed to search the Lepton Flavor Violating process $\mu \to e^+\gamma$ \cite{mori-1999,meg2007-baldini}. This search requires a high intensity muon beam stopping in a thin target with the maximum rate compatible…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 Paolo Walter Cattaneo

Upcoming Lepton Flavour Violation experiments searching for $\mu\rightarrow 3e$ and $\mu$ to $ e $ conversion in nuclei processes will provide new opportunities to test the fundamental properties of the neutrino sector, and possibly the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-01-25 N. D. Barrie , S. T. Petcov

The Mu2e and COMET experiments are expected to improve existing limits on charged lepton flavor violation (CLFV) by roughly four orders of magnitude. $\mu\rightarrow e$ conversion experiments are typically optimized for electrons produced…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-08 W. C. Haxton , Evan Rule

Since its discovery, the muon has proven to be an invaluable probe of the Standard Model (SM). Muons are readily available in tertiary beams in facilities around the world. They do not decay hadronically and have a lifetime of a few $\mu$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-02-04 Sophie Middleton

Forbidden in the Standard Model, Charged Lepton Flavour Violation is a strong probe for New Physics. The COMET Experiment will measure one of these processes: that of COherent Muon to Electron Transitions, where a muon converts to an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-31 Benjamin Edward Krikler

The muon-to-electron conversion (Mu2e) experiment at Fermilab will be used to search for the charged lepton flavor-violating conversion of muons to electrons in the field of an atomic nucleus. The Mu2e experiment is currently in the…

We explore the potential of the Mu2e experiment to probe the lepton-flavor-violating process $\mu^- e^- \to e^- e^-$ in a muonic atom within a simplified axion-like particle (ALP) framework featuring flavor-violating $e$-$\mu$ couplings and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-10 Girish Kumar , Alexey A. Petrov

This proceedings contribution discusses Lorentz and CPT violation in the context of charged-lepton flavor-changing processes. Particular emphasis is placed on coherent muon-to-electron conversion in muonic atoms. Data collected by the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-29 N. Sherrill

We investigate the unique potential of a high-energy muon collider to probe lepton-flavor-violating signals arising from physics beyond the Standard Model (SM). Low-energy, precision searches for charged lepton-flavor violation (LFV) are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-28 Pouya Asadi , Hengameh Bagherian , Katherine Fraser , Samuel Homiller , Qianshu Lu

Experiments such as mu2e (FNAL, USA) and COMET (KEK, Japan), seeking the direct muon-to-electron conversion as part of the study of Charged Leptons Flavor Violation processes, should have a extremely high, up-to 99.99\%, efficiency muon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-10-04 A. Artikov , V. Baranov , A. Boikov , D. Chokheli , Yu. I. Davydov , V. Glagolev , A. Simonenko , Z. Tsamalaidze , I. Vasilyev , I. Zimin

The Mu3e experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institut will search for the lepton-number-violating decay \mueee, extending the sensitivity by four orders of magnitude compared to existing limits. This probe of new physics is complementary to the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-04-05 Gavin Hesketh , Sean Hughes , Ann-Kathrin Perrevoort , Nikolaos Rompotis

We search for lepton-flavor-violating tau decays into three leptons (electron or muon) using 535 fb-1 of data collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. No evidence for these decays is observed, and we…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Y. Miyazaki

In order to fully address the oscillation processes at a neutrino factory, a detector should be capable of identifying and measuring all three charged lepton flavors produced in charged current interactions {\it and} of measuring their…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Bueno , M. Campanelli , A. Rubbia

The MEG experiment took data at the Paul Scherrer Institute in the years 2009--2013 to test the violation of the lepton flavour conservation law, which originates from an accidental symmetry that the Standard Model of elementary particle…

We explore the possibilities for extending the sensitivity of current searches for the charged lepton flavor violating decays $\mu\ -> e \gamma$ and $\mu\ -> eee$. A future facility such as Project X at Fermilab could provide a much more…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-10-01 Chih-hsiang. Cheng , Bertrand Echenard , David G. Hitlin