27–30 Jun 2022
Université de Fribourg
Europe/Zurich timezone

【316】Mu3e looking for rare muon decays

28 Jun 2022, 15:15
15m
Room G 140

Room G 140

Talk Nuclear, Particle- and Astrophysics (TASK) Nuclear, Particle- & Astrophysics

Speaker

Yannick Demets (University of Geneva)

Description

Mu3e is a dedicated experiment to search the rare charged lepton flavor violating (cLFV) decay $\mu^{+} \rightarrow{} e^{+}e^{-}e^{+}$ with a sensitivity down to $10^{-16}$ under construction at PSI. In the Standard Model, this decay is heavily suppressed with a branching fraction of $10^{-54}$. The Mu3e experiment will be able to reconstruct low momentum electrons and positrons from rare $\mu$ decays. Mu3e apparatus consists of a tracking detector based on monolithic active pixel sensors for very precise momentum and vertex reconstruction, combined with scintillating fibers and tiles for very high timing measurements. The motivation for the $\mu^{+} \rightarrow{} e^{+}e^{-}e^{+}$ search will be presented, along with experimental design and subsequent expected sensitivity.

Author

Yannick Demets (University of Geneva)

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