Mu-e conversion search experiment at J-PARC -- COMET

by Prof. Satoshi Mihara (KEK)

Tuesday 17 May 2011, 15:00 → 17:00 Europe/Rome

131 (INFN Edicifio C)

The J-PARC, Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, has started its operation in 2008 and upgrading the beam intensity steadily after that. There are several physics experiments being conducted at the facility. Among these a new experimental search of the mu-e conversion process under nucleus field, the COMET experiment, is receiving more attention than ever owing to the upcoming physics result from the MEG experiment at PSI. In the COMET experiment a pulsed-proton beam is used to generate the pulsed muon beam with suitable time structure for the mu-e conversion search. The experiment aims to achieve a sensitivity of 10^-16 to confirm the MEG result and go beyond it. R&D work including the proton beam study is extensively in progress. Current status and future prospects of the COMET experiment will be described in this presentation.

Slides Mihara.pdf