Detailed report of the MuLan measurement of the positive muon lifetime and determination of the Fermi constant

V. Tishchenko; S. Battu; R. M. Carey; D. B. Chitwood; J. Crnkovic; P. T. Debevec; S. Dhamija; W. Earle; A. Gafarov; K. Giovanetti; T. P. Gorringe; F. E. Gray; Z. Hartwig; D. W. Hertzog; B. Johnson; P. Kammel; B. Kiburg; S. Kizilgul; J. Kunkle; B. Lauss; I. Logashenko; R. McNabb; J. P. Miller; F. Mulhauser; C. J. G. Onderwater; Q. Peng; J. Phillips; S. Rath; B.L. Roberts; D. M. Webber; P. Winter; B. Wolfe; MuLan Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.052003

Detailed report of the MuLan measurement of the positive muon lifetime and determination of the Fermi constant

V. Tishchenko, S. Battu, R. M. Carey, D. B. Chitwood, J. Crnkovic, P. T. Debevec, S. Dhamija, W. Earle, A. Gafarov, K. Giovanetti, T. P. Gorringe, F. E. Gray, Z. Hartwig, D. W. Hertzog, B. Johnson, P. Kammel, B. Kiburg, S. Kizilgul, J. Kunkle, B. LaussI. Logashenko, R. McNabb, J. P. Miller, F. Mulhauser, C. J. G. Onderwater, Q. Peng, J. Phillips, S. Rath, B.L. Roberts, D. M. Webber, P. Winter, B. Wolfe, MuLan Collaboration

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Abstract

We present a detailed report of the method, setup, analysis, and results of a precision measurement of the positive muon lifetime. The experiment was conducted at the Paul Scherrer Institute using a time-structured, nearly 100% polarized surface muon beam and a segmented, fast-timing plastic scintillator array. The measurement employed two target arrangements: a magnetized ferromagnetic target with a similar to 4 kG internal magnetic field and a crystal quartz target in a 130 G external magnetic field. Approximately 1.6 X 10(12) positrons were accumulated and together the data yield a muon lifetime of T-mu(MuLan) = 2196980.3(2.2) ps (1.0 ppm), 30 times more precise than previous generations of lifetime experiments. The lifetime measurement yields the most accurate value of the Fermi constant G(F)(MuLan) = 1.1663787(6) X 10(-5) GeV-2 (0.5 ppm). It also enables new precision studies of weak interactions via lifetime measurements of muonic atoms. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.052003

Original language	English
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	87
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.052003
Publication status	Published - 4 Mar 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

RADIATIVE-CORRECTIONS
NEUTRON DECAY
FRAMEWORK
QUARTZ
SYSTEM

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Tishchenko, V., Battu, S., Carey, R. M., Chitwood, D. B., Crnkovic, J., Debevec, P. T., Dhamija, S., Earle, W., Gafarov, A., Giovanetti, K., Gorringe, T. P., Gray, F. E., Hartwig, Z., Hertzog, D. W., Johnson, B., Kammel, P., Kiburg, B., Kizilgul, S., Kunkle, J., ... Collaboration, M. (2013). Detailed report of the MuLan measurement of the positive muon lifetime and determination of the Fermi constant. Physical Review D, 87(5). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.052003

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