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The Mu3e experiment
by F. Wauters on behalf of the Mu3e collaboration
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Submission summary
Ontological classification |
Academic field: |
Physics |
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- Nuclear Physics - Experiment
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Approach: |
Experimental |
Abstract
The \emph{Mu3e} experiment aims for a single event sensitivity of 2⋅10−15 on the charged lepton flavour violating μ+→e+e+e− decay. The experimental apparatus, a light-weight tracker based on custom High-Voltage Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors placed in a 1~T magnetic field is currently under construction at the Paul Scherrer Institute, where it will use the full intense 108 μ+/s beam available. A final sensitivity of 1⋅10−16 is envisioned for a phase II experiment, driving the development of a new high-intensity DC muon source.