Exploring Mu2e: Advancements in Lepton Flavor Violation and Neutrino Experiments
The Mu2e experiment aims to explore lepton flavor violation through precision measurements and rare decays of muons. By utilizing advanced setups where protons hit a production target, pions are captured and accelerated, leading to the decay into muons. The experiment involves sophisticated tracking and calorimetry to measure conversion electron trajectories amidst various background sources. Other experiments like NOvA and MINOS pave the way for understanding neutrinos and their mass, pushing the boundaries of particle physics and revealing new physics possibilities.
Exploring Mu2e: Advancements in Lepton Flavor Violation and Neutrino Experiments
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Particle physics frontiers • Neutrino experiments (NOvA, LBNE, MINOS, MINERvA, and others… ) • Precision measurements (g-2) • Rare decays (Mu2e) Mu2e collaboration
The lepton flavor violation Neutrinos have mass, so in the SM we can have Rate < 10-54 (unmeasurably low) In new physics models one can have Rate ~ 10-15 or in presence of a nucleus… Experiments:Mu2e, SINDRUM II, TRIUMF, COMMET, and others…
Experimental setup 1 • Proton beam hits production target in Production Solenoid. • Pions captured and accelerated towards Transport Solenoid by graded field. • Pions decay to muons.
Experimental setup II • Transport solenoid performs sign and momentum selection. • Eliminates high energy negative particles, positive particles and line-of-sight neutrals. • Muons captured in stopping target. • Conversion electron trajectory measured in tracker, validated in calorimeter. • Cosmic Ray Veto surrounds Detector Solenoid.
Other background sources • Radiative muon/pion capture • Photon produced that can convert asymmetrically • Beam electrons can scatter in target • Muon/pion decay in flight • Antiprotons and other late arriving particles • Cosmic-ray induced electrons • Protons - Neutrons - Photons from Nuclear capture None of them produce a sharp peak at 105 MeV: they need to be well known and controlled. Work is going on on this
Detectors: the T-Tracker 18 stations + Stiffening rings at ends 12 panels, at 30° rotations, form a station 30° stereo angles give 400m resolution along wire Straw termination and readout at r>70cm
T-Tracker: straws structure 5mm straws Gaps between straws Double layer