Open AccessImproved tests of muon and electron flavor symmetry in muon processes
Author(s) -
W. Molzon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hnps advances in nuclear physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2654-0088
pISSN - 2654-007X
DOI - 10.12681/hnps.2777
Subject(s) - muon , physics , particle physics , nuclear physics , limit (mathematics) , electron , symmetry (geometry) , sensitivity (control systems) , mathematics , engineering , mathematical analysis , geometry , electronic engineering
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 μ^-Ν —> e^-N to below 10^-16 , roughly 4 orders of magnitude better than the current limit.