Status of the PIENU experiment at TRIUMF

Ito, S. et al. (2015) Status of the PIENU experiment at TRIUMF. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 631(1), 012044. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/631/1/012044)

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Abstract

The PIENU experiment at TRIUMF aims to measure the branching ratio of pion decays R = Γ(π+ → e+νe + π+ → e+ νeγ)/Γ(π+→μ+νμ + π+ → μ+νμγ) with precision <0.1%, providing a stringent test of the Standard Model hypothesis of electron-muon universality and a search for new physics.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Protopopescu, Dr Dan and Britton, Professor David
Authors: Ito, S., 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., Kettell, S., Kurchaninov, L., Littenberg, L., Malbrunot, C., Mischke, R.E., Numao, T., Protopopescu, D., Sher, A., Sullivan, T., and Vavilov, D.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Publisher:Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:1742-6588
ISSN (Online):1742-6596
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2015 The Authors
First Published:First published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series 631(1): 012044
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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