Status of the PIENU experiment

T. Numao, A. Aguilar-Arevalo, M. Aoki, M. Blecher, D. I. Britton, D. A. Bryman, D. Vom Bruch, S. Chen, J. Comfort, S. Cuen-Rochin, L. Doria, P. Gumplinger, A. Hussein, Y. Igarashi, S. Ito, S. Kettell, L. Kurchaninov, L. Littenberg, C. Malbrunot, R. MischkeD. Protopopescu, A. Sher, T. Sullivan, D. Vavilov

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The branching ratio, Re/μ Γ(π → eν + eνγ)/Γ(π → μν + μνγ), provides a sensitive test of muon-electron universality in weak interactions. The status of the PIENU experiment at TRIUMF, which aims to improve the precision of the Re/μ measurement by a factor of > 5, is presented.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012002
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume556
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

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Numao, T., Aguilar-Arevalo, A., Aoki, M., Blecher, M., Britton, D. I., Bryman, D. A., ... Vavilov, D. (2014). Status of the PIENU experiment. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 556(1), [012002]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/556/1/012002

Status of the PIENU experiment. / Numao, T.; Aguilar-Arevalo, A.; Aoki, M.; Blecher, M.; Britton, D. I.; Bryman, D. A.; Vom Bruch, D.; Chen, S.; Comfort, J.; Cuen-Rochin, S.; Doria, L.; Gumplinger, P.; Hussein, A.; Igarashi, Y.; Ito, S.; Kettell, S.; Kurchaninov, L.; Littenberg, L.; Malbrunot, C.; Mischke, R.; Protopopescu, D.; Sher, A.; Sullivan, T.; Vavilov, D.

In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 556, No. 1, 012002, 2014.

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Numao, T, Aguilar-Arevalo, A, Aoki, M, Blecher, M, Britton, DI, Bryman, DA, Vom Bruch, D, Chen, S, Comfort, J, Cuen-Rochin, S, Doria, L, Gumplinger, P, Hussein, A, Igarashi, Y, Ito, S, Kettell, S, Kurchaninov, L, Littenberg, L, Malbrunot, C, Mischke, R, Protopopescu, D, Sher, A, Sullivan, T & Vavilov, D 2014, 'Status of the PIENU experiment', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 556, no. 1, 012002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/556/1/012002
Numao T, Aguilar-Arevalo A, Aoki M, Blecher M, Britton DI, Bryman DA et al. Status of the PIENU experiment. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2014;556(1). 012002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/556/1/012002
Numao, T. ; Aguilar-Arevalo, A. ; Aoki, M. ; Blecher, M. ; Britton, D. I. ; Bryman, D. A. ; Vom Bruch, D. ; Chen, S. ; Comfort, J. ; Cuen-Rochin, S. ; Doria, L. ; Gumplinger, P. ; Hussein, A. ; Igarashi, Y. ; Ito, S. ; Kettell, S. ; Kurchaninov, L. ; Littenberg, L. ; Malbrunot, C. ; Mischke, R. ; Protopopescu, D. ; Sher, A. ; Sullivan, T. ; Vavilov, D. / Status of the PIENU experiment. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2014 ; Vol. 556, No. 1.
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