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Searching for muon to electron conversion: The Mu2e experiment at Fermilab
by Richard Bonventre
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| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Richard Bonventre |
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| Preprint Link: | scipost_201811_00006v2 (pdf) |
| Date accepted: | 2019-01-15 |
| Date submitted: | 2018-11-28 01:00 |
| Submitted by: | Bonventre, Richard |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Proceedings |
| Proceedings issue: | The 15th International Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics (TAU2018) |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approach: | Experimental |
Abstract
The Mu2e experiment will measure the charged-lepton flavor violating (CLFV) neutrino-less conversion of a negative muon into an electron in the field of a nucleus. Mu2e will improve the previous measurement by four orders of magnitude, reaching a 90% C.L. limit of $8\times10^{-17}$ on the conversion rate. The experiment will reach mass scales of nearly $10^4$ TeV, far beyond the direct reach of colliders. The experiment is sensitive to a wide range of new physics, complementing and extending other CLFV searches. Mu2e is under design and construction at the Muon Campus of Fermilab; we expect to start taking physics data in 2022 with 3 years of running to achieve our target sensitivity.
Published as SciPost Phys. Proc. 1, 038 (2019)
Reports on this Submission
Report #1 by Phillip Litchfield (Referee 1) on 2018-12-4 (Invited Report)
Report
These proceedings present the state of preparations for the Mu2e experiment which is expected to be a significant activity at Fermilab in the next decade and will have better sensitivity than existing results by orders of magnitude. The document is clear and well written and provides a useful update for the community.