Physics (Internal)
Muon Capture on the Deuteron: The MuSun Experiment
Speaker: Luis Ibáñez
When: May 12, 2014 (Mon), 11:00AM to 12:00PM (add to my calendar)
Location: PRB 365
This event is part of the Departmental Seminars.
Dissertation Committee:
Robert Carey, James Miller, Edward Kearns, So-Young Pi, Karl Ludwig
Abstract
The goal of the MuSun experiment is to measure the rate of nuclear muon capture on the deuteron with a precision of 1.5%. This rate will be used to fix the low-energy constant that describes the two-nucleon weak axial current in effective field theory models. It will therefore calibrate evaluations of proton-proton fusion and neutrino-deuteron scattering. Progress in the analysis of the data taken during the production run of 2011 will be presented.