Improved Measurement of the Muon Lifetime and Determination of the Fermi Constant
Abstract
The MuLan collaboration has measured the lifetime of the positve muon to a precision of 1.0 parts per million. The Fermi constant is determined to a precision of 0.6 parts per million.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- August 2011
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1108.4033
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1108.4033
- Bibcode:
- 2011arXiv1108.4033D
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Experiment
- E-Print:
- Proceedings of CKM2010, the 6th International Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle, University of Warwick, UK, 6-10 September 2010