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The Mu3e experiment

by F. Wauters on behalf of the Mu3e collaboration

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Authors (as registered SciPost users): Frederik Wauters
Submission information
Preprint Link: scipost_202102_00015v3  (pdf)
Date accepted: 2021-06-04
Date submitted: 2021-05-22 12:09
Submitted by: Wauters, Frederik
Submitted to: SciPost Physics Proceedings
Proceedings issue: Review of Particle Physics at PSI (PSI2020)
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Academic field: Physics
Specialties:
  • Nuclear Physics - Experiment
Approach: Experimental

Abstract

The \emph{Mu3e} experiment aims for a single event sensitivity of 2$\cdot$10$^{-15}$ on the charged lepton flavour violating $\mu^+\rightarrow e^+ e^+ e^-$ 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 10$^8$ $\mu^+$/s beam available. A final sensitivity of 1$\cdot$10$^{-16}$ is envisioned for a phase II experiment, driving the development of a new high-intensity DC muon source.

Published as SciPost Phys. Proc. 5, 020 (2021)

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