Arndt, K, Augustin, H, Baesso, P, Berger, N, Berg, F, Betancourt, C, Bortoletto, D, Bravar, A, Briggl, K, vom Bruch, D et al (show 95 more authors)
(2021)
Technical design of the phase I Mu3e experiment.
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1014.
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Abstract
The Mu3e experiment aims to find or exclude the lepton flavour violating decay μ→eee at branching fractions above 10−16. A first phase of the experiment using an existing beamline at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is designed to reach a single event sensitivity of 2⋅10−15. We present an overview of all aspects of the technical design and expected performance of the phase I Mu3e detector. The high rate of up to 108 muon decays per second and the low momenta of the decay electrons and positrons pose a unique set of challenges, which we tackle using an ultra thin tracking detector based on high-voltage monolithic active pixel sensors combined with scintillating fibres and tiles for precise timing measurements.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | 117 pages. Minor corrections to the author list. Replaced with published version. Editor: Frank Meier Aeschbacher |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Lepton flavour violation, Muon decays, Monolithic pixel detector, Scintillating fibres, Scintillating tiles |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2021 08:02 |
Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2024 15:16 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.nima.2021.165679 |
Open Access URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/... |
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URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3114856 |