BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//RLASKEY//CALENDEROUS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261020T025331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121116T203436Z DTSTART:20110505T183000Z DTEND:20110505T193000Z UID:event805@bu.edu URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/805 SUMMARY:New Results from the MEG Experiment DESCRIPTION:Featuring Ben Golden\, University of California\, Irvine\nHoste d by: Lee Roberts\n\nPart of the HEE Seminar Series.\n\nAbstract: I will re port results of a new search for µ → eγ decay from the MEG experi- ment at PSI based on a two month data-taking period during 2009. T he current best experimental limit  of BR(µ+  → e + γ) < 1.2 × 10−11 (90%C.L.) is from the MEGA e xperiment. MEG aims to detect this process if its branching fraction is at the 10−13  level or larger. An observation of this decay wo uld constitute the first evidence of muon and electron lepton number violat ion in the charged sec- tor.  With  non-zero neutrino masses and mixing\, it occurs within the Standard Model\, but not at a measurable rate . In contrast\, it can occur at rates near the current limit in many scenar ios for new physics. LOCATION:PRB 595\, 3 Cummington Mall\, 02215 STATUS:CONFIRMED CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR