Published February 1, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Search for muon number violating decays

Creators

  • 1. Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI (Switzerland)

Description

The SINDRUM II experiment at PSI searches for the coherent conversion of a muon into an electron in titanium. The theoretical motivation, the SINDRUM II detector and the results of the first data-taking period in 89 are presented. In total 3.2 million events have been analyzed and no candidate for the process μ-Ti→e-Ti has been found. An upper limit of Bμe<4.4·10-12 (90% C.L.) is obtained for the branching ratio. The plans to lower the sensitivity by two orders of magnitude are discussed. A muonium-antimuonium conversion experiment is being set up at PSI using the refurbished SINDRUM I detector. The goal of the experiment is to improve the sensitivity for the effective coupling constant GMbarM by a factor of ∼100

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
272
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 532-536.
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
26. International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) conference on high energy physics.
Acronym
ICHEP-26
Dates
6-12 Aug 1992.
Place
Dallas, TX (United States).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-920837--.