A Measurement of the Muon Magnetic Moment Using Cosmic Rays
| dc.contributor.author | Kroening, Daniel | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2002-05-08T18:50:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2002-05-08T18:50:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-05-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The muon magnetic moment was measured via the decay of polarized cosmic-ray muons in a constant magnetic field with a three-scintillator detector system. Cosmic-ray muons stop in the central detector, precess in the magnetic field, and then decay by emitting positrons along the muon spin axis. A quantum-mechanical calculation allows the g-factor to be extracted from a measurement of the number of positrons emitted into one direction as a function of decay time. The results are t = 2.28 ± 0.07 µs (mean decay time) and g = 2.74 ± 0.20. Some possible explanations for the large value of g are discussed. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.houghton.edu/handle/hc/3597 | |
| dc.publisher | Houghton College | |
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| dc.subject | Student Projects | |
| dc.title | A Measurement of the Muon Magnetic Moment Using Cosmic Rays |