27 September 2021 to 1 October 2021
Indiana University
America/Indiana/Indianapolis timezone

Muon g-2 to Δα

29 Sept 2021, 14:05
20m
Virtual (Indiana University)

Virtual

Indiana University

Speaker

Alex Keshavarzi (U. Manchester)

Description

The Muon 𝑔−2 experiment at Fermilab has recently confirmed Brookhaven's earlier measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment. This new result increases the muon g-2 discrepancy with the Standard Model prediction and strengthens its "new physics" interpretation, as well as the quest for its underlying origin. I will discuss the connection of the muon g-2 discrepancy to precision electroweak predictions via their common dependence on hadronic vacuum polarization effects. This is particularly relevant for the ongoing comparison between results for hadronic vacuum polarization effects as calculated from hadronic cross section data and from lattice QCD.

Primary author

Alex Keshavarzi (U. Manchester)

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