Related papers: Ultra High Precision with a Muon Storage Ring
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…
We report a measurement of the positive muon lifetime to a precision of 1.0 parts per million (ppm); it is the most precise particle lifetime ever measured. The experiment used a time-structured, low-energy muon beam and a segmented plastic…
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…
A new muon beamline, muon science innovative channel (MuSIC), was set up at the Research Centre for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, in Osaka, Japan, using the 392 MeV proton beam impinging on a target. The production of an intense…
We investigate the use of effective Lagrangians to describe the effects on high-precision observables of physics beyond the Standard Model. Using the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon as an example, we detail the use of effective…
We perform a general analysis of the contributions to the muon anomalous magnetic moment in models with a superlight gravitino. We discuss the interpretation and the phenomenological implications of the results. We find that present…
The muEDM experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute aims to measure the electric dipole moment with an unprecedented sensitivity of $6 \times 10^{-23}\,\mathrm{e}\cdot\mathrm{cm}$. A key aspect of this experiment is the injection and…
The search for a permanent electric dipole moment (EDM) of the muon is an excellent probe for physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. We propose the first dedicated muon EDM search employing the frozen-spin technique at the…
This White Paper briefly reviews the present status of the muon (g-2) experiment and the physics motivation for a new effort. The present comparison between experiment and theory indicates a tantalizing $3.4 \sigma$ deviation. An…
The recently published result from the Fermilab "MUON G-2" experiment has confirmed the persistent 3-4 $\sigma$ discrepancy between the experimental result from BNL for the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, $(g-2)_\mu$ , and its…
The Fermilab Muon $g-2$ experiment is currently preparing for its fourth data-taking period (Run-4). The experiment-wide effort on the analysis of Run-1 data is nearing completion, with the announcement of the first result expected in the…
We revisit the muon magnetic moment (g-2) in the context of Composite Higgs models and Technicolor, and provide general analytical expressions for computing the muon magnetic moment stemming from new fields such as, neutral gauge bosons,…
Recently, the E821 experiment at the Brookhaven National Laboratory announced their latest result of their muon g-2 measurement which is about 2.6-\sigma away from the standard model prediction. Taking this result seriously, we examine the…
The presence of a permanent electric dipole moment in an elementary particle implies Charge-Parity symmetry violation and thus could help explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry observed in our universe. Within the context of the Standard…
Two next generation muon $g-2$ experiments at Fermilab in the US and at J-PARC in Japan have been designed to reach a four times better precision from 0.54 ppm to 0.14 ppm and the challenge for the theory side is to keep up in precision as…
Recently, the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab has measured the muon anomalous magnetic dipole moment (MDM), $a_\mu=(g_\mu-2)/2$, which reported that the new experimental average increases the tension between experiment and the standard…
The new measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon by the Brookhaven AGS experiment 821 again shows a discrepancy with the Standard Model value. We investigate the consequences of these new data for neutralino dark matter,…
We describe and show results of a photographic technique for continuously monitoring the position, orientation, and shape of a thin-film muon stopping target for the MEG II experiment. The measurement is complicated by the target being…
The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon displays a $4.2\sigma$ tension with the Standard-Model prediction, if $e^+e^-\to \text{hadrons}$ data are used for hadronic vacuum polarization. In these proceedings we review possible explanations…
This paper discusses "doubly-magic trap" operation of storage rings with superimposed electric and magnetic bending, to allow the spins of beams of different particle type to be frozen (i.e. both magic) simultaneously. A few doubly-magic…