2018/01/15 by A. M. Baldini, E. Baracchini, C. Bemporad +72 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.ins-det #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5845-6
published as Eur. Phys. J. C 78 (380) (2018) · 61 pages and 97 figures
arxiv created 2018/01/15 · arxiv updated 2018/05/22
The MEG experiment, designed to search for the mu+->e+ gamma decay at a 10-13 sensitivity level, completed data taking in 2013. In order to increase the sensitivity reach of the experiment by an order of magnitude to the level of 6 x 10-14 for the branching ratio, a total upgrade, involving substantial changes to the experiment, has been undertaken, known as MEG II. We present both the motivation for the upgrade and a detailed overview of the design of the experiment and of the expected detector performance.