2022/12/09 by C. Gatto, Gatto, C., C. Izzo +25
Engineering · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Muon and positron interactions and applications #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics #Superconducting Materials and Applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2212.04897
openalex publication_date 2022/12/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
With the planned turn-on of the PIP-II 800 MeV superconducting proton linac, Fermilab will potentially become the world's best laboratory at which to carry out fundamental muon measurements, sensitive searches for symmetry violation, and precision tests of theory. In preparation, we propose to develop the techniques that will be needed. An R&D and physics program is proposed at the Fermilab MeV Test Area to use the existing 400 MeV Linac to demonstrate the efficient production of a slow muonium beam using μ+ stopped in a ~100-μm-thick layer of superfluid helium, and to use that beam to measure muonium gravity.