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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 Mu2e experiment at Fermilab will search for the charged lepton flavor violating process of neutrino-less $\mu \to e$ coherent conversion in the field of an aluminum nucleus. About $7 \cdot 10^{17}$ muons, provided by a dedicated muon…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-05-22 G. Pezzullo

We present upper limits on the production of heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) decaying to $\mu \pi$ pairs using data collected with the MicroBooNE liquid-argon time projection chamber (TPC) operating at Fermilab. This search is the first of its…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-03-11 P. Abratenko , M. Alrashed , R. An , J. Anthony , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , V. Basque , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , I. Caro Terrazas , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , Y. Chen , E. Church , D. Cianci , E. O. Cohen , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadón , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , L. Domine , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. J. Evans , R. S. Fitzpatrick , B. T. Fleming , N. Foppiani , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , V. Genty , D. Goeldi , S. Gollapinni , O. Goodwin , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , L. Gu , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , C. Hill , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , E. -C. Huang , R. Itay , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , X. Ji , L. Jiang , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , J. Joshi , Y. -J. Jwa , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , R. LaZur , I. Lepetic , Y. Li , A. Lister , B. R. Littlejohn , S. Lockwitz , D. Lorca , W. C. Louis , M. Luethi , B. Lundberg , X. Luo , A. Marchionni , S. Marcocci , C. Mariani , J. Marshall , J. Martin-Albo , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. Mason , A. Mastbaum , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , K. Miller , J. Mills , K. Mistry , A. Mogan , T. Mohayai , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , R. Murrells , D. Naples , R. K. Neely , P. Nienaber , J. Nowak , O. Palamara , V. Pandey , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , A. Paudel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , D. Porzio , S. Prince , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , L. Ren , L. Rochester , H. E. Rogers , M. Ross-Lonergan , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Russell , G. Scanavini , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Sinclair , A. Smith , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Söldner-Rembold , S. R. Soleti , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , K. Sutton , S. Sword-Fehlberg , A. M. Szelc , N. Tagg , W. Tang , K. Terao , R. T. Thornton , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , R. G. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , D. A. Wickremasinghe , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , M. Wospakrik , W. Wu , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Fermilab operates the world's most intense antiproton source, now exclusively dedicated to serving the needs of the Tevatron Collider. The anticipated 2009 shutdown of the Tevatron presents the opportunity for world-leading low- and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-07-16 Daniel M. Kaplan

The Muon g-2 Experiment (E989) at Fermilab is seeking to measure the anomalous magnetic moment of muon ($a_{\mu}$) with a precision of 140 parts-per-billion (ppb) and aiming to resolve the discrepancy between the E821 measurement and the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-10 Ran Hong

The Booster Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab is preparing to search for muon to electron neutrino oscillations. The experiment is designed to make a conclusive statement about LSND's neutrino oscillation evidence. The experimental prospects…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrew O. Bazarko

Experimental and theoretical activities are underway at CERN with the aim of examining the feasibility of a very-high-flux neutrino source. In the present scheme, a high-power proton beam (some 4 MW) bombards a target where pions are…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 G. Franchetti , S. Gilardoni , P. Gruber , K. Hanke , H. Haseroth , E. B. Holzer , D. Kuechler , A. M. Lombardi , R. Scrivens

To maximize the physics potential of future neutrino oscillation experiments, it is proposed to build a 15-MW `proton driver' consisitng solely of a 3-GeV proton injector linac (PI) and a 17-GeV superconducting ILC-type linac (SCL). The…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-03-25 Radoje Belusevic

Dimuon production has been studied in a series of fixed-target experiments at Fermilab during the last two decades. Highlights from these experiments, together with recent results from the Fermilab E866 experiment, are presented. Future…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-05-18 Jen-Chieh Peng

We have measured cross sections for forward neutron production from a variety of targets using proton beams from the Fermilab Main Injector. Measurements were performed for proton beam momenta of 58 GeV/c, 84 GeV/c, and 120 GeV/c. The cross…

Fermilab is executing a technology development program to develop a compact yet powerful electron accelerator. We are leveraging R&D breakthroughs in SRF cavities, cost-effective radio-frequency sources, modern cryo-coolers, and high…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2022-02-17 Jayakar Thangaraj

A superconducting RF accelerator test facility is being constructed at Fermilab. The existing New Muon Lab (NML) building is being converted for this facility. The accelerator will consist of an electron gun, injector, beam acceleration…

Luminosity-driven channeling extraction has been observed for the first time in a 900 GeV study at the Fermilab Tevatron. This experiment, Fermilab E853, demonstrated that useful TeV level beams can be extracted from a superconducting…

nuSTORM (Neutrinos from STORed Muons) is a proposed storage ring facility to deliver beams of muon antineutrinos and electron neutrinos from positive muon decays (muon neutrinos and electron antineutrinos from negative muon decays), with a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-08-03 F. J. P. Soler

Neutron energy spectrum from 120 GeV protons on a thick copper target was measured at the Meson Test Beam Facility (MTBF) at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The data allows for evaluation of neutron production process implemented in…

In 2004, motivated by the recent exciting developments in neutrino physics, the Fermilab Long Range Planning Committee identified a new high intensity Proton Driver as an attractive option for the future. At the end of 2004 the APS ``Study…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Geer

We measure a large set of observables in inclusive charged current muon neutrino scattering on argon with the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber operating at Fermilab. We evaluate three neutrino interaction models based on the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-02-17 C. Adams , R. An , J. Anthony , J. Asaadi , M. Auger , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , M. Bass , F. Bay , A. Bhat , K. Bhattacharya , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , H. Chen , Y. Chen , E. Church , D. Cianci , E. Cohen , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , A. Diaz , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. Esquivel , J. J Evans , A. A. Fadeeva , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , G. T. Garvey , V. Genty , D. Goeldi , S. Gollapinni , E. Gramellini , H. Greenlee , R. Grosso , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , A. Hackenburg , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , V Hewes , C. Hill , J. Ho , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , E. -C. Huang , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , L. Jiang , R. A. Johnson , J. Joshi , H. Jostlein , Y. -J. Jwa , D. Kaleko , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , Y. Li , A. Lister , B. R. Littlejohn , S. Lockwitz , D. Lorca , W. C. Louis , M. Luethi , B. Lundberg , X. Luo , A. Marchionni , S. Marcocci , C. Mariani , J. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , A. Mastbaum , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , T. Miceli , G. B. Mills , A. Mogan , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , M. Murphy , R. Murrells , D. Naples , P. Nienaber , J. Nowak , O. Palamara , V. Pandey , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , D. Porzio , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , A. Rafique , L. Rochester , M. Ross-Lonergan , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Russell , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , J. Sinclair , A. Smith , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , S. R. Soleti , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , J. St. John , T. Strauss , K. Sutton , S. Sword-Fehlberg , A. M. Szelc , N. Tagg , W. Tang , K. Terao , M. Thomson , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , R. G. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , D. A. Wickremasinghe , K. Wierman , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

We study the sensitivity of the Fermilab Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) experiments, MicroBooNE, ICARUS, and SBND, to MeV- to GeV-scale inelastic dark matter interacting through a dark photon mediator. These models provide interesting…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-03 Brian Batell , Joshua Berger , Luc Darmé , Claudia Frugiuele

We survey a new generation of precision muon lifetime experiments. The goal of the MuCap experiment is a determination of the rate for muon capture on the free proton to 1 percent, from which the induced pseudoscalar form factor $g_P$ of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Peter Kammel

Fermilab is committed to upgrading its accelerator complex towards the intensity frontier to pursue HEP research in the neutrino sector and beyond. The upgrade has two steps: 1) the Proton Improvement Plan (PIP), which is underway, has its…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-05-04 C. M. Bhat