Search for lepton-flavor-violating rare muon processes

Autor: V. M. Lobashev, R. M. Djilkibaev
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Physics of Atomic Nuclei. 73:2012-2016
ISSN: 1562-692X
1063-7788
DOI: 10.1134/s1063778810120057
Popis: A new approach to seeking three lepton-flavor-violating rare muon processes (µ → e conversion, µ → e + γ, and µ → 3e) on the basis of a single experimental facility is proposed. This approach makes it possible to improve the sensitivity level of relevant experiments by factors of 105, 600, and 300 for, respectively, the first, the second, and the third of the above processes in relation to the existing experimental level. The approach is based on employing a pulsed proton beam and on combining a muon source and the detector part of the facility into a unified magnetic system featuring a nonuniform field. A new detector design involving separate units andmaking it possible to study all three muonic processes at a single facility that admits a simple rearrangement of the detectors used is discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE