Apr 19 – 21, 2017
Trieste - Italia
Europe/Rome timezone
Proceedings: Il Nuovo Cimento C, Vol. 41, N. 1-2, 2018 : https://www.sif.it/riviste/sif/ncc/econtents/2018/041/01-02

Measurement of the leading hadronic contribution to the muon g-2 via space-like data

Apr 21, 2017, 5:00 PM
1h
Aula Magna - Edificio H3 (Trieste - Italia)

Aula Magna - Edificio H3

Trieste - Italia

Università degli Studi di Trieste Via Valerio nº 12/2 I-34127 Trieste (TS)
Poster contribution Sessione Frontiera Intensità Archivio Poster

Speaker

Dr Umberto Marconi (BO)

Description

The precision measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon presently exhibits a 3.5σ discrepancy with the Standard Model (SM) prediction. In the next few years this measurement will reach an even higher precision at Fermilab and J-PARC. While the QED and electroweak contributions to the muon g-2 can be determined very precisely, the leading hadronic (HLO) correction is affected by a large uncertainty which dominates the error of the SM prediction. We propose a novel approach to determine the HLO contribution to the muon g-2 based on the measurement of the effective electromagnetic coupling in the space-like region at low-momentum transfer. We will discuss the possibility of performing this measurement at CERN, by means of a very precise determination of the muon-electron elastic differential cross-section, exploiting the scattering of 150 GeV muons (currently available at CERN's North area) on atomic electrons of a low-Z target. We will describe the experimental challenges posed by this measurement and by a detector able to keep the systematic effects at the required level of 10 ppm. This measurement will provide an independent determination of the HLO contribution to the muon g-2 competitive with the time-like dispersive approach, thus consolidating the SM prediction. It will therefore allow a firmer interpretation of the measurements of the future muon g-2 experiments at Fermilab and J-PARC.

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