Technical design of the phase I Mu3e experiment

The Mu3e experiment aims to find or exclude the lepton flavour violating decay μ→eee at branching fractions above 10−16. A first phase of the experiment using an existing beamline at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is designed to reach a single event sensitivity of 2⋅10−15. We present an overview...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Arndt, Kirk (Author) , Augustin, Heiko (Author) , Baesso, P. (Author) , Berger, N. (Author) , Berg, F. (Author) , Betancourt, C. (Author) , Bortoletto, D. (Author) , Bravar, A. (Author) , Briggl, K. (Author) , vom Bruch, D. (Author) , Buonaura, A. (Author) , Cadoux, F. (Author) , Chavez Barajas, C. (Author) , Chen, H. (Author) , Clark, K. (Author) , Cooke, P. (Author) , Corrodi, S. (Author) , Damyanova, A. (Author) , Demets, Y. (Author) , Dittmeier, Sebastian (Author) , Eckert, P. (Author) , Ehrler, F. (Author) , Fahrni, D. (Author) , Gagneur, S. (Author) , Gerritzen, L. (Author) , Goldstein, J. (Author) , Gottschalk, Dirk (Author) , Grab, C. (Author) , Gredig, R. (Author) , Groves, A. (Author) , Hammerich, Jan (Author) , Hartenstein, U. (Author) , Hartmann, U. (Author) , Hayward, H. (Author) , Herkert, Adrian (Author) , Hesketh, G. (Author) , Hetzel, Stefan (Author) , Hildebrandt, M. (Author) , Hodge, Z. (Author) , Hofer, A. (Author) , Huang, Q. H. (Author) , Hughes, S. (Author) , Huth, Lennart (Author) , Immig, David (Author) , Jones, T. (Author) , Jones, M. (Author) , Kästli, H. -C. (Author) , Köppel, M. (Author) , Kettle, P. -R. (Author) , Kiehn, M. (Author) , Kilani, S. (Author) , Klingenmeyer, H. (Author) , Knecht, A. (Author) , Knight, A. (Author) , Kotlinski, B. (Author) , Kozlinskiy, A. (Author) , Leys, R. (Author) , Lockwood, G. (Author) , Loreti, A. (Author) , La Marra, D. (Author) , Müller, M. (Author) , Meier, B. (Author) , Meier Aeschbacher, F. (Author) , Meneses González, Annie (Author) , Metodiev, K. (Author) , Mtchedlishvili, A. (Author) , Muley, Simon (Author) , Munwes, Y. (Author) , Noehte, L. O. S. (Author) , Owen, P. (Author) , Papa, A. (Author) , Paraskevas, I. (Author) , Perić, I. (Author) , Perrevoort, Ann-Kathrin (Author) , Plackett, R. (Author) , Pohl, M. (Author) , Ritt, S. (Author) , Robmann, P. (Author) , Rompotis, N. (Author) , Rudzki, Thomas (Author) , Rutar, G. (Author) , Schöning, André (Author) , Schimassek, R. (Author) , Schultz-Coulon, H. -C. (Author) , Serra, N. (Author) , Shen, W. (Author) , Shipsey, I. (Author) , Shrestha, Shruti (Author) , Steinkamp, O. (Author) , Stoykov, A. (Author) , Straumann, U. (Author) , Streuli, S. (Author) , Stumpf, K. (Author) , Tata, N. (Author) , Velthuis, J. (Author) , Vigani, Luigi (Author) , Vilella-Figueras, E. (Author) , Vossebeld, J. (Author) , Wallny, R. (Author) , Wasili, A. (Author) , Wauters, F. (Author) , Weber, A. (Author) , Wiedner, Dirk (Author) , Windelband, Bernd (Author) , Zhong, T. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 5 August 2021
In: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment
Year: 2021, Volume: 1014, Pages: 1-177
ISSN:1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2021.165679
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165679
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900221006641
Get full text
Author Notes:K. Arndt, H. Augustin, P. Baesso, N. Berger, F. Berg, C. Betancourt, D. Bortoletto, A. Bravar, K. Briggl, D. vom Bruch, A. Buonaura, F. Cadoux, C. Chavez Barajas, H. Chen, K. Clark, P. Cooke, S. Corrodi, A. Damyanova, Y. Demets, S. Dittmeier, P. Eckert, F. Ehrler, D. Fahrni, S. Gagneur, L. Gerritzen, J. Goldstein, D. Gottschalk, C. Grab, R. Gredig, A. Groves, J. Hammerich, U. Hartenstein, U. Hartmann, H. Hayward, A. Herkert, G. Hesketh, S. Hetzel, M. Hildebrandt, Z. Hodge, A. Hofer, Q.H. Huang, S. Hughes, L. Huth, D.M. Immig, T. Jones, M. Jones, H.-C. Kästli, M. Köppel, P.-R. Kettle, M. Kiehn, S. Kilani, H. Klingenmeyer, A. Knecht, A. Knight, B. Kotlinski, A. Kozlinskiy, R. Leys, G. Lockwood, A. Loreti, D. La Marra, M. Müller, B. Meier, F. Meier Aeschbacher, A. Meneses, K. Metodiev, A. Mtchedlishvili, S. Muley, Y. Munwes, L.O.S. Noehte, P. Owen, A. Papa, I. Paraskevas, I. Perić, A.-K. Perrevoort, R. Plackett, M. Pohl, S. Ritt, P. Robmann, N. Rompotis, T. Rudzki, G. Rutar, A. Schöning, R. Schimassek, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, N. Serra, W. Shen, I. Shipsey, S. Shrestha, O. Steinkamp, A. Stoykov, U. Straumann, S. Streuli, K. Stumpf, N. Tata, J. Velthuis, L. Vigani, E. Vilella-Figueras, J. Vossebeld, R. Wallny, A. Wasili, F. Wauters, A. Weber, D. Wiedner, B. Windelband, T. Zhong
Description
Summary:The Mu3e experiment aims to find or exclude the lepton flavour violating decay μ→eee at branching fractions above 10−16. A first phase of the experiment using an existing beamline at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is designed to reach a single event sensitivity of 2⋅10−15. We present an overview of all aspects of the technical design and expected performance of the phase I Mu3e detector. The high rate of up to 108 muon decays per second and the low momenta of the decay electrons and positrons pose a unique set of challenges, which we tackle using an ultra thin tracking detector based on high-voltage monolithic active pixel sensors combined with scintillating fibres and tiles for precise timing measurements.
Item Description:Gesehen am 15.02.2022
Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2021.165679