The design of the MEG II experiment

By A. Baldini, E. Baracchini, C. Bemporad, F. Berg, M. Biasotti, G. Boca, P. Cattaneo, G. Cavoto, F. Cei, M. Chiappini and 65 more. 2018

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The MEG experiment, designed to search for the $${\mu ^+ \rightarrow \hbox {e}^+ \gamma }$$μ+→e+γ decay, completed data-taking in 2013 reaching a sensitivity level of $${5.3\times 10^{-13}}$$5.3×10-13 for the branching ratio. In order to increase the sensitivity reach of the experiment by an order of magnitude to the level of $$6\times 10^{-14}$$6×10-14, a total upgrade, involving substantial changes to the experiment, has been undertaken, known as MEG II. We present both the motivation for the upgrade and a detailed overview of the design of the experiment and of the expected detector performance.

Subfields: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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