Speaker
Dr
Nam Tran
(Boston University, Depatrment of Physics)
Description
The Mu2e experiment aims to search for coherent, neutrino-less
muon-to-electron conversion in aluminum at a single event sensitivity
of 3E-17, a factor of 10,000 improvement from the current experimental
limit. In order to achieve this goal, the denominator of the branching
ratio, i.e. the number of muons captured in the aluminum stopping target,
must be measured to a precision of 10%. A sub-system of the Mu2e experiment, called the Stopping Target Monitor (STM), will measure the X-rays and gamma rays emitted as muons are captured in the stopping target. The proposed method, simulation results of detector performance, and baseline design will be described.
Primary author
Dr
Nam Tran
(Boston University, Depatrment of Physics)
Co-author
Fermilab for the Mu2e Collaboration
(Fermilab)