Muon g-2: status and implications

Abstract: Recently Fermilab announced the first results of their Muon g − 2 Experiment for the positive muon magnetic anomaly. The result is 3.3 standard deviations greater than the standard model prediction and is in excellent agreement with the previous Brookhaven National Laboratory measurement. After combination with previous measurements, the new experimental average increases the tension between experiment and theory to 4.2 standard deviations. I will review the standard model calculation of muon g-2 and the experimental method. Then I will discuss the implications of the results for new physics beyond the standard model.

HEP - theory

Audience: researchers in the topic

Brown HET Seminar

Series comments: Description: Research seminar in high energy theory