Next Generation Muon g-2 Experiments
- Washington U., Seattle
I report on the progress of two new muon anomalous magnetic moment experiments, which are in advanced design and construction phases. The goal of Fermilab E989 is to reduce the experimental uncertainty of $$a_\mu$$ from Brookhaven E821 by a factor of 4; that is, $$\delta a_\mu \sim 16 \times 10^{-11}$$, a relative uncertainty of 140~ppb. The method follows the same magic-momentum storage ring concept used at BNL, and pioneered previously at CERN, but muon beam preparation, storage ring internal hardware, field measuring equipment, and detector and electronics systems are all new or upgraded significantly. In contrast, J-PARC E34 will employ a novel approach based on injection of an ultra-cold, low-energy, muon beam injected into a small, but highly uniform magnet. Only a small magnetic focusing field is needed to maintain storage, which distinguishes it from CERN, BNL and Fermilab. E34 aims to roughly match the previous BNL precision in their Phase~1 installation.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1250523
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1512.00928; FERMILAB-CONF-15-507-E-PPD; 1407950
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Workshop on Flavour changing and conserving processes 2015, Anacapri, Capri Island, Italy, 09/10-09/12/2015
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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