The Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment

Lead Research Organisation: University College London
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

In this project the student will work on the Fermilab muon g-2 experiment. The student will be responsible for the commissioning of the straw tracker readout and DAQ system with first data in 2017 and the analysis of the data to reduce the systematics in the determination of a_mu and the muon EDM (limit). He will establish alignment algorithms for the straw tracker and determine the alignment systematic which is critical to accurately measuring the beam profile and the up-down asymmetry for the EDM. The thesis will update the limit on the muon EDM (or measure it) with a sensitivity that is expected to surpass than from BNL by at least a factor of 10 and likely a factor of 100.

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Studentship Projects

Project Reference Relationship Related To Start End Student Name
ST/N50449X/1 30/09/2015 30/03/2021
1813008 Studentship ST/N50449X/1 30/09/2016 30/03/2020 Gleb Lukicov
 
Description URA Visiting Scholars Program
Amount $15,000 (USD)
Funding ID 18-F-13 
Organisation Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 02/2019 
End 11/2019
 
Title Alignment Code for the g-2 tracking detector (C++, Python, Fortran) 
Description This project contains code and plotting scripts for the internal alignment (calibration) of the g-2 tracking detector 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2019 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact This work led to a publication (arXiv:1909.12900): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.12900.pdf, where alignment results with data are discussed. 
URL https://github.com/glukicov/alignTrack
 
Title Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) analysis code (Python, C, SQL) 
Description This project contains analysis code to place a new limit on the Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) of the muon using the g-2 tracking detectors 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2020 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact EDM signal manifests itself as an oscillation in the observed vertical angle of the tracks. 
URL https://github.com/glukicov/EDMTracking