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18–24 Jun 2017
UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
US/Pacific timezone

Searching for Muon to electron conversion : The Mu2e experiment at Fermilab

20 Jun 2017, 14:30
30m
Emerald Bay A (UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA)

Emerald Bay A

UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

Working Group Sessions Flavor and Precision Physics Working Group Working Group: Flavor and Precision Physics

Speaker

Dr Richard Bonventre (Fermilab)

Description

The Mu2e experiment will measure the charged-lepton flavor violating (CLFV) neutrino-less conversion of a negative muon into an electron in the field of a nucleus. The conversion process results in a monochromatic electron with an energy slightly below the muon rest mass. Mu2e will improve the previous measurement by four orders of magnitude using a new technique, reaching a SES (single event sensitivity) of 2.5 x 10^{-17} on the conversion rate. The experiment will reach mass scales of nearly 10^4 TeV, far beyond the direct reach of colliders. The experiment is sensitive to a wide range of new physics, complementing and extending other CLFV searches. Mu2e is under design and construction at the Muon Campus of Fermilab; we expect to start taking physics data in 2022 with 4 years of running to achieve our target sensitivity.

Primary author

Dr Richard Bonventre (Fermilab)

Presentation materials