학술논문

Search for lepton-flavor-violating rare muon processes.
Document Type
Article
Source
Physics of Atomic Nuclei. Dec2010, Vol. 73 Issue 12, p2012-2016. 5p.
Subject
*LEPTONS (Nuclear physics)
*FLAVOR in particle physics
*MUONS
*EXPERIMENTS
*REARRANGEMENTS (Chemistry)
*NUCLEAR structure
*PROTON beams
*PARTICLE beams
*NUCLEAR counters
Language
ISSN
1063-7788
Abstract
new approach to seeking three lepton-flavor-violating rare muon processes (µ → e conversion, µ → e + γ, and µ → 3 e) 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 10, 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]