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Andreev VA, Banks TI, Carey RM, Case TA, Clayton SM, Crowe KM, Deutsch J, Egger J, Freedman SJ, Ganzha VA, Gorringe T, Gray FE, Hertzog DW, Hildebrandt M, Kammel P, Kiburg B, Knaack S, Kravtsov PA, Krivshich AG, Lauss B, Lynch KR, Maev EM, Maev OE, Mulhauser F, Petitjean C, Petrov GE, Prieels R, Schapkin GN, Semenchuk GG, Soroka MA, Tishchenko V, Vasilyev AA, Vorobyov AA, Vznuzdaev ME, Winter P. Measurement of muon capture on the proton to 1% precision and determination of the pseudoscalar coupling gP. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:012504. [PMID: 23383785 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.012504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The MuCap experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute has measured the rate Λ(S) of muon capture from the singlet state of the muonic hydrogen atom to a precision of 1%. A muon beam was stopped in a time projection chamber filled with 10-bar, ultrapure hydrogen gas. Cylindrical wire chambers and a segmented scintillator barrel detected electrons from muon decay. Λ(S) is determined from the difference between the μ(-) disappearance rate in hydrogen and the free muon decay rate. The result is based on the analysis of 1.2 × 10(10) μ(-) decays, from which we extract the capture rate Λ(S) = (714.9 ± 5.4(stat) ± 5.1(syst)) s(-1) and derive the proton's pseudoscalar coupling g(P)(q(0)(2) = -0.88 m(μ)(2)) = 8.06 ± 0.55.
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- V A Andreev
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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Webber DM, Tishchenko V, Peng Q, Battu S, Carey RM, Chitwood DB, Crnkovic J, Debevec PT, Dhamija S, Earle W, Gafarov A, Giovanetti K, Gorringe TP, Gray FE, Hartwig Z, Hertzog DW, Johnson B, Kammel P, Kiburg B, Kizilgul S, Kunkle J, Lauss B, Logashenko I, Lynch KR, McNabb R, Miller JP, Mulhauser F, Onderwater CJG, Phillips J, Rath S, Roberts BL, Winter P, Wolfe B. Measurement of the positive muon lifetime and determination of the Fermi constant to part-per-million precision. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 106:041803. [PMID: 21405320 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.041803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report a measurement of the positive muon lifetime to a precision of 1.0 ppm; it is the most precise particle lifetime ever measured. The experiment used a time-structured, low-energy muon beam and a segmented plastic scintillator array to record more than 2×10(12) decays. Two different stopping target configurations were employed in independent data-taking periods. The combined results give τ(μ(+)) (MuLan)=2 196 980.3(2.2) ps, more than 15 times as precise as any previous experiment. The muon lifetime gives the most precise value for the Fermi constant: G(F) (MuLan)=1.166 378 8(7)×10(-5) GeV(-2) (0.6 ppm). It is also used to extract the μ(-)p singlet capture rate, which determines the proton's weak induced pseudoscalar coupling g(P).
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- D M Webber
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Bennett GW, Bousquet B, Brown HN, Bunce G, Carey RM, Cushman P, Danby GT, Debevec PT, Deile M, Deng H, Deninger W, Dhawan SK, Druzhinin VP, Duong L, Efstathiadis E, Farley FJM, Fedotovich GV, Giron S, Gray FE, Grigoriev D, Grosse-Perdekamp M, Grossmann A, Hare MF, Hertzog DW, Huang X, Hughes VW, Iwasaki M, Jungmann K, Kawall D, Kawamura M, Khazin BI, Kindem J, Krienen F, Kronkvist I, Lam A, Larsen R, Lee YY, Logashenko I, McNabb R, Meng W, Mi J, Miller JP, Mizumachi Y, Morse WM, Nikas D, Onderwater CJG, Orlov Y, Ozben CS, Paley JM, Peng Q, Polly CC, Pretz J, Prigl R, zu Putlitz G, Qian T, Redin SI, Rind O, Roberts BL, Ryskulov N, Sedykh S, Semertzidis YK, Shagin P, Shatunov YM, Sichtermann EP, Solodov E, Sossong M, Steinmetz A, Sulak LR, Timmermans C, Trofimov A, Urner D, von Walter P, Warburton D, Winn D, Yamamoto A, Zimmerman D. Search for Lorentz and CPT violation effects in Muon spin precession. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 100:091602. [PMID: 18352695 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.091602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The spin precession frequency of muons stored in the (g-2) storage ring has been analyzed for evidence of Lorentz and CPT violation. Two Lorentz and CPT violation signatures were searched for a nonzero delta omega a(=omega a mu+ - omega a mu-) and a sidereal variation of omega a mu+/-). No significant effect is found, and the following limits on the standard-model extension parameters are obtained: bZ = -(1.0+/-1.1) x 10(-23) GeV; (m mu dZ0 + HXY)=(1.8+/-6.0) x 10(-23) GeV; and the 95% confidence level limits b perpendicular mu+ <1.4 x 10(-24) GeV and b perpendicular mu- <2.6 x 10(-24) GeV.
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- G W Bennett
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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Chitwood DB, Banks TI, Barnes MJ, Battu S, Carey RM, Cheekatmalla S, Clayton SM, Crnkovic J, Crowe KM, Debevec PT, Dhamija S, Earle W, Gafarov A, Giovanetti K, Gorringe TP, Gray FE, Hance M, Hertzog DW, Hare MF, Kammel P, Kiburg B, Kunkle J, Lauss B, Logashenko I, Lynch KR, McNabb R, Miller JP, Mulhauser F, Onderwater CJG, Ozben CS, Peng Q, Polly CC, Rath S, Roberts BL, Tishchenko V, Wait GD, Wasserman J, Webber DM, Winter P, Zołnierczuk PA. Improved measurement of the positive-muon lifetime and determination of the Fermi constant. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 99:032001. [PMID: 17678280 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.032001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The mean life of the positive muon has been measured to a precision of 11 ppm using a low-energy, pulsed muon beam stopped in a ferromagnetic target, which was surrounded by a scintillator detector array. The result, tau(micro)=2.197 013(24) micros, is in excellent agreement with the previous world average. The new world average tau(micro)=2.197 019(21) micros determines the Fermi constant G(F)=1.166 371(6)x10(-5) GeV-2 (5 ppm). Additionally, the precision measurement of the positive-muon lifetime is needed to determine the nucleon pseudoscalar coupling g(P).
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- D B Chitwood
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Andreev VA, Banks TI, Case TA, Chitwood DB, Clayton SM, Crowe KM, Deutsch J, Egger J, Freedman SJ, Ganzha VA, Gorringe T, Gray FE, Hertzog DW, Hildebrandt M, Kammel P, Kiburg B, Knaack S, Kravtsov PA, Krivshich AG, Lauss B, Lynch KL, Maev EM, Maev OE, Mulhauser F, Ozben CS, Petitjean C, Petrov GE, Prieels R, Schapkin GN, Semenchuk GG, Soroka MA, Tishchenko V, Vasilyev AA, Vorobyov AA, Vznuzdaev ME, Winter P. Measurement of the muon capture rate in hydrogen gas and determination of the proton's pseudoscalar coupling gP. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 99:032002. [PMID: 17678281 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.032002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The rate of nuclear muon capture by the proton has been measured using a new technique based on a time projection chamber operating in ultraclean, deuterium-depleted hydrogen gas, which is key to avoiding uncertainties from muonic molecule formation. The capture rate from the hyperfine singlet ground state of the microp atom was obtained from the difference between the micro(-) disappearance rate in hydrogen and the world average for the micro(+) decay rate, yielding Lambda(S)=725.0+/-17.4 s(-1), from which the induced pseudoscalar coupling of the nucleon, g(P)(q(2)=-0.88m(2)(micro))=7.3+/-1.1, is extracted.
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- V A Andreev
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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Bennett GW, Bousquet B, Brown HN, Bunce G, Carey RM, Cushman P, Danby GT, Debevec PT, Deile M, Deng H, Dhawan SK, Druzhinin VP, Duong L, Farley FJM, Fedotovich GV, Gray FE, Grigoriev D, Grosse-Perdekamp M, Grossmann A, Hare MF, Hertzog DW, Huang X, Hughes VW, Iwasaki M, Jungmann K, Kawall D, Khazin BI, Krienen F, Kronkvist I, Lam A, Larsen R, Lee YY, Logashenko I, McNabb R, Meng W, Miller JP, Morse WM, Nikas D, Onderwater CJG, Orlov Y, Ozben CS, Paley JM, Peng Q, Polly CC, Pretz J, Prigl R, Zu Putlitz G, Qian T, Redin SI, Rind O, Roberts BL, Ryskulov N, Semertzidis YK, Shagin P, Shatunov YM, Sichtermann EP, Solodov E, Sossong M, Sulak LR, Trofimov A, von Walter P, Yamamoto A. Measurement of the negative muon anomalous magnetic moment to 0.7 ppm. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 92:161802. [PMID: 15169217 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.161802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The anomalous magnetic moment of the negative muon has been measured to a precision of 0.7 ppm (ppm) at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron. This result is based on data collected in 2001, and is over an order of magnitude more precise than the previous measurement for the negative muon. The result a(mu(-))=11 659 214(8)(3) x 10(-10) (0.7 ppm), where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic, is consistent with previous measurements of the anomaly for the positive and the negative muon. The average of the measurements of the muon anomaly is a(mu)(exp)=11 659 208(6) x 10(-10) (0.5 ppm).
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- G W Bennett
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Bennett GW, Bousquet B, Brown HN, Bunce G, Carey RM, Cushman P, Danby GT, Debevec PT, Deile M, Deng H, Deninger W, Dhawan SK, Druzhinin VP, Duong L, Efstathiadis E, Farley FJM, Fedotovich GV, Giron S, Gray FE, Grigoriev D, Grosse-Perdekamp M, Grossmann A, Hare MF, Hertzog DW, Huang X, Hughes VW, Iwasaki M, Jungmann K, Kawall D, Khazin BI, Kindem J, Krienen F, Kronkvist I, Lam A, Larsen R, Lee YY, Logashenko I, McNabb R, Meng W, Mi J, Miller JP, Morse WM, Nikas D, Onderwater CJG, Orlov Y, Ozben CS, Paley JM, Peng Q, Polly CC, Pretz J, Prigl R, Zu Putlitz G, Qian T, Redin SI, Rind O, Roberts BL, Ryskulov N, Shagin P, Semertzidis YK, Shatunov YM, Sichtermann EP, Solodov E, Sossong M, Steinmetz A, Sulak LR, Trofimov A, Urner D, Von Walter P, Warburton D, Yamamoto A. Measurement of the positive muon anomalous magnetic moment to 0.7 ppm. Phys Rev Lett 2002; 89:101804. [PMID: 12225185 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.89.101804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A higher precision measurement of the anomalous g value, a(mu)=(g-2)/2, for the positive muon has been made at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, based on data collected in the year 2000. The result a(mu(+))=11 659 204(7)(5)x10(-10) (0.7 ppm) is in good agreement with previous measurements and has an error about one-half that of the combined previous data. The present world average experimental value is a(mu)(expt)=11 659 203(8)x10(-10) (0.7 ppm).
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- G W Bennett
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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