Aug 20 – 25, 2023
Universität Hamburg
Europe/Berlin timezone

Measurement of the precision magnetic field in the Fermilab Muon g−2 experiment

Aug 21, 2023, 4:47 PM
17m
Hörsaal C (Historic main building)

Hörsaal C

Historic main building

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1
Parallel session talk Flavour Physics and CP Violation T08 Flavour Physics and CP Violation

Speaker

Saskia Charity (FNAL)

Description

The Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab measures the muon magnetic-moment anomaly, $a_\mu=(g-2)/2$, with the ultimate goal of 140 parts per billion (ppb) precision. This requires determining the absolute magnetic field, averaged over space and time, experienced by the muons, expressed as the nuclear magnetic resonance frequency of protons in a spherical pure water sample at a specified reference temperature. A chain of calibrations and measurements maps and tracks the magnetic field providing the muon-weighted average field with precision better than 60 ppb. This talk will present the principles, practical realizations, and innovations incorporated into the measurement and analysis of the magnetic field for the 2019-20 data sets.

Collaboration / Activity Muon g-2 collaboration

Primary author

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