Speaker
Dr
Ralf Ehrlich
(University of Virginia)
Description
The Mu2e experiment will study charged lepton flavor violation by searching for the neutrinoless, coherent conversion of a 𝜇− to an 𝑒−. Such a process will result in an electron of 105 MeV energy. A major background source comes from cosmic-ray muons which can either be misidentified as signal electrons or produce 105 MeV electrons. Such events will occur at a rate of approximately one per day. An active veto detector surrounding the apparatus will be used to detect incoming cosmic-ray muons. Results will be shown from one of the most extensive simulation campaigns ever undertaken in which the cosmic-ray background from several times the entire running period was simulated: over 1012 generated cosmic-ray muons.
Primary author
Dr
Ralf Ehrlich
(University of Virginia)