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The Mu3e Experiment at PSI

by Alessandro Bravar

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Authors (as registered SciPost users): Alessandro Bravar
Submission information
Preprint Link: scipost_201811_00032v2  (pdf)
Date accepted: 2019-01-17
Date submitted: 2018-12-04 01:00
Submitted by: Bravar, Alessandro
Submitted to: SciPost Physics Proceedings
Proceedings issue: The 15th International Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics (TAU2018)
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Academic field: Physics
Specialties:
  • High-Energy Physics - Experiment
  • High-Energy Physics - Theory
Approach: Experimental

Abstract

Mu3e will search for charged Lepton Flavor Violation in the neutrinoless muon decay $\mu^+ \rightarrow e^+ e^- e^+$ with a sensitivity down to $10^{-16}$ (90\% C.L.) using the world most intense continuous muon beam at PSI. This search requires a large acceptance detector capable of coping with rates of up to $2 \times 10^9$ stopped muons per second with excellent momentum, spatial, and time resolution. The Mu3e detector is based on thin monolithic active silicon pixel sensors for tracking in conjunction with scintillating fibers and tiles for timing measurements. The Mu3e apparatus is under constructions and first data is expected in 2020.

Published as SciPost Phys. Proc. 1, 037 (2019)

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