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Why is the Muon g-2 Experiment Shifting Time?

Multimedia ·
OSTI ID:1646484
Scientists on Fermilab's Muon g-2 experiment are using a finely tuned clock to precisely measure how fast the muon — a heavy cousin of the electron — precesses, or wobbles, in the presence of a magnetic field. To remove subconscious bias from the experiment's measurements, in March 2018, two Fermilab scientists outside the Muon g-2 collaboration set the clock to a certain frequency. For the period that Muon g-2 is taking data, only they will know that setting. This bias-removal technique is called clock blinding.
Research Organization:
FNAL (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States))
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI ID:
1646484
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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