Measurement of the anomalous precession frequency of the muon in the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment

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Contributors

  • The Muon g-2 Collaboration - (Author)
  • Chair of Phenomenology of Elementary Particles
  • University of Liverpool (UOL)
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • RAS - Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics
  • Novosibirsk State University
  • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
  • University of Virginia
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Lancaster University
  • The Cockcroft Institute
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Cornell University
  • University of Pisa
  • Michigan State University
  • University of Mississippi
  • University of Washington
  • North Central College
  • University of Trieste
  • Boston University
  • University of Udine
  • University of Kentucky
  • Institute for Basic Science
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • University College London
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • RAS - P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute
  • University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
  • Northern Illinois University
  • National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Abstract

The Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) has measured the muon anomalous precession frequency ωam to an uncertainty of 434 parts per billion (ppb), statistical, and 56 ppb, systematic, with data collected in four storage ring configurations during its first physics run in 2018. When combined with a precision measurement of the magnetic field of the experiment's muon storage ring, the precession frequency measurement determines a muon magnetic anomaly of aμ(FNAL)=116 592 040(54)×10-11 (0.46 ppm). This article describes the multiple techniques employed in the reconstruction, analysis, and fitting of the data to measure the precession frequency. It also presents the averaging of the results from the 11 separate determinations of ωam, and the systematic uncertainties on the result.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number072002
JournalPhysical review d
Volume103
Issue number7
Publication statusPublished - 7 Apr 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

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