Improved tests of muon and electron flavor symmetry in muon processes

Molzon, W.R.

doi:10.1007/BFb0109649

Improved tests of muon and electron flavor symmetry in muon processes

W.R. Molzon
(
- UC, Irvine
)

Sep, 1998

24 pages

Part of Symmetries in intermediate and high-energy physics. Proceedings, Conference dedicated to the 60th birthday of Prof. John D. Vergados, Ioannina, Greece, September 30-October 5, 1998

Published in:

Springer Tracts Mod.Phys. 163 (2000) 105-128

Contribution to:

International Conference on Symmetries in High-Energy Physics and Applications

DOI:

10.1007/BFb0109649

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Abstract:

I review the motivation for and status of searches for violation of muon- and electron-number conservation, concentrating on muon-initiated processes. I then discuss the progress expected in the next few years, concentrating on a new experiment, E940 at BNL (the MECO experiment). It will improve the experimental sensitivity for the process

\mu^- N \to e^- N

to below 10

^{−16}

, roughly 4 orders of magnitude better than the current limit.

talk: Ioannina 1998/09/30
flavor: violation
validity test
muon+: radiative decay
muon+: branching ratio
muon nucleus: interaction
transition: muon electron
muon+: leptonic decay
proposed experiment
experimental methods

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