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Description
The main goal of the Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermilab is to measure the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon with a fourfold improvement in precision as compared to the previous measurement at BNL. The measurement is motivated by the greater than 3 standard deviation difference between the Standard Model prediction and the BNL measurement, which hints at the possibility of new physics. The anomalous magnetic moment is measured by precisely determining the frequency of the muon spin precession relative to the muon momentum and the average magnetic field experienced by the muons in the storage ring. Detailed simulations of the muon storage ring are used to study systematic effects that arise from the beam and spin dynamics, which are important for the determination of systematic uncertainties. This talk presents the status of the experiment and Run-1 data analysis. The Run-1 data was collected during 2018, and it has a statistical uncertainty that is comparable to the BNL measurement.
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Anna Driutti, University of Kentucky
| Is this abstract from experiment? | Yes |
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| Name of experiment and experimental site | Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermilab |
| Is the speaker for that presentation defined? | Yes |
| Internet talk | Yes |
