Mu3e: a proposal to extend the sensitivity to charged lepton flavour violation by 4 orders of magnitude.
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
People |
ORCID iD |
| Gavin Hesketh (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Arndt K
(2021)
Technical design of the phase I Mu3e experiment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Augustin H
(2021)
The Mu3e Data Acquisition
in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
| Description | As part of this award, we have been developing an innovative particle detector. While the main aim of this detector is fundamental science, there are many potential applications of such technology; particle detectors have found common use in healthcare/medical imaging, for example. |
| Exploitation Route | We will continue the development of the detector for its original application. The technical design has been published, and this could be picked up and used by others to develop new applications. |
| Sectors | Electronics,Healthcare |
| URL | https://www.psi.ch/en/mu3e |
| Description | The award allowed four UK universities to join a project based in Switzerland. This gave access to the technology, collaboration, and in future the results of this new experiment. It brought a new research strand to the UK, with real potential for the discovery of a new knowledge of the universe on a fundamental scale. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Education,Electronics,Other |
| Description | Royal Society URF Enhancement Award |
| Amount | £37,698 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | UCL Experimental Particle Physics Consolidated Grant (2019-2022) |
| Amount | £3,819,154 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/S000666/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | UCL Experimental Particle Physics Consolidated Grant (2022-2025) |
| Amount | £4,653,275 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/W00058X/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2022 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | NuPECC Long Range Plan |
| Organisation | Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Lead author and editor of Mu3e contribution to NuPECC long-term planning exercise |
| Collaborator Contribution | At its meeting in Madrid in May 2022, NuPECC took the decision to launch the process of creating a new Long Range Plan (LRP) for Nuclear Physics in Europe, identifying opportunities and priorities for nuclear science in Europe, with the aim of publishing the document in 2024. |
| Impact | A series of reports and meetings leading up to the new long-term plan. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Snowmass |
| Organisation | American Physical Society |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | Lead author and editor of the Mu3e contribution to the Snowmass Process in 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Particle Physics Community Planning Exercise (a.k.a. "Snowmass") is organized by the Division of Particles and Fields (DPF) of the American Physical Society. Snowmass is a scientific study. It provides an opportunity for the entire particle physics community to come together to identify and document a scientific vision for the future of particle physics in the U.S. and its international partners. Snowmass will define the most important questions for the field of particle physics and identify promising opportunities to address them. The P5, Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel, will take the scientific input from Snowmass and develop a strategic plan for U.S. particle physics that can be executed over a 10 year timescale, in the context of a 20-year global vision for the field. |
| Impact | A series of reports and meetings feeding in to the P5 process in the US, a major strategic planning process determining the future direction of the field. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | PLANCKS 2020 Physics competition, Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Approx 150 undergraduate students attended for a talk on Mu3e and related research. Many students expressed an interest in particle physics, and the talk generated many excellent questions and discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.plancks.uk/edinburgh |
| Description | Plenary talk at the international NuFact conference, 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary presentation of the global status of research in the area funded by this award. Sparked conversations, and lead to increased profile internationally. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://nufact2021.ca.infn.it/ |
| Description | Presentation at the Particle Physics Advisory Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the UK Particle Physics Advisory Panel at the annual Community Meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://conference.ippp.dur.ac.uk/event/625 |
| Description | Presentation at the UK Input to the European Particle Physics Strategy Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | National meeting to shape the UK input to European Particle Physics Strategy Document, due 2019. Presentation of research funded by this award, and related topics. Spakred discussion and feedback indicated an increased interest in this subject. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://conference.ippp.dur.ac.uk/event/661 |
| Description | Seminar at the University of Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Seminar to the Particle Physics group at the University of Birmingham, covering the research funded by this award. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk/index.php?page=general/seminars/index |
| Description | Seminar at the University of Nottingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Seminar on the physics funded by this award |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk at postgraduate school (YETI 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk on the physics of Mu3e and other muon experiments to UK Particle Physics PhD students (experiment and theory). Aim was to raise awareness of this research, and place it in the context of the international particle physics research. Received many questions following the talk, and feedback from some stating they had not previously been aware of this work but were now interested. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://conference.ippp.dur.ac.uk/event/723/ |