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The New Muon $(g-2)$ Collaboration at Fermilab has proposed to measure the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, $a_\mu$, a factor of four better than was done in E821 at the Brookhaven AGS, which obtained $a_\mu = [116 592 089 (63)]…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-01-05 B. Lee Roberts

The magnetic moment is a fundamental property of particles. The measurement of these magnetic moments and the comparison with the values predicted by the standard model of particle physics is a way to test our understanding of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-12-23 M. Eads

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…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Shinji Komine , Takeo Moroi , Masahiro Yamaguchi

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

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

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…

The muon (g-2) experiment is described, and the recent results are presented. These results represent the final measurement for the positive muon.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Lee Roberts , the Muon g-2 Collaboration

The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon has been measured to 0.5 ppm in a series of precision experiments at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron. The individual results for each sign: a(mu+)= 11 659 204(7)(5) E-10 and a(mu-) =…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Priscilla Cushman

The Muon $g\textrm{-}2$ Experiment (E989) at Fermilab has a goal of measuring the muon anomaly ($a_\mu$) with unprecedented precision using positive muons. This measurement is motivated by the difference between the previous Brookhaven…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-09-25 Eremey Valetov

A higher precision measurement of the anomalous g value, a_mu = (g-2)/2, for the positive muon has been made at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, based on data collected in the year 2000. The result a_{mu^+} = 11 659…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 G. W. Bennett

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…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-04-06 F. Jegerlehner

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

A precise measurement of the anomalous g value, a_mu=(g-2)/2, for the positive muon has been made at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron. The result a_mu^+=11 659 202(14)(6) X 10^{-10} (1.3 ppm) is in good agreement with…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-09-25 H. N. Brown , Muon g-2 Collaboration

The muon anomalous magnetic moment, $a_\mu=\frac{g-2}{2}$, is a low-energy observable which can be both measured and computed to high precision, making it a sensitive test of the Standard Model and a probe for new physics. This anomaly was…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-03-13 Matteo Sorbara

New final results from the CMD-2 and SND e+e- annihilation experiments, together with radiative return measurements from BaBar, lead to recent improvements in the standard model prediction for the muon anomaly. The uncertainty at 0.48…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 David W. Hertzog

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 Muon Campus at Fermilab provides world class accelerator infrastructure supporting the next generation intensity frontier experiments. The anti-proton source from the Tevatron era was converted to the present day Muon Campus at the end…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2022-08-08 S. Ganguly

We report a new measurement of the $n=2$ Lamb shift in Muonium using microwave spectroscopy. Our result of $1047.2(2.3)_\textrm{stat}(1.1)_\textrm{syst}$ MHz comprises an order of magnitude improvement upon the previous best measurement.…

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