LPHE seminars

Plans for the PIONEER experiment

by Chloe Malbrunot (CERN)

Europe/Zurich
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Hybrid

BSP 626 / Zoom
Description

A next-generation rare pion decay experiment, PIONEER, is motivated by several inconsistencies between Standard Model  predictions and data pointing towards the potential violation of lepton flavor universality.  PIONEER will measure the charged-pion branching ratio to electrons vs muons (R_pi), a quantity which is very sensitive to a wide variety of new physics effects - including those at very high mass scales-  and which is theoretically predicted to a precision 15 times  better than current experimental results. PIONEER will use a combination of new detector technologies based an LGAD silicon tracking target, a deep calorimeter with high solid angle coverage and  high-speed electronics to optimize its energy and time resolution in view of matching the theoretical precision.

I’ll discuss recent results from previous measurements of R_pi and present PIONEER’s experimental goals.

 

Organised by

Maarten van Dijk, María Vieites Díaz

Videoconference
LPHE seminars
Zoom Meeting ID
63456304525
Host
Lesya Shchutska
Alternative hosts
Fred Blanc, Elisabeth Maria Niel, Chiara Perrina, Olivier Schneider, Radoslav Marchevski
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42030419
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