Muon lifetime measurement

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Physics case

Determination of the beta-decay coupling constant through the measurement of the muon lifetime

Experimental technique

Two complementary approaches: Cherenkov light in water and scintillation in plastic detectors

Application domain

Particle identification in high energy experiments

Ongoing experiments

LHC experiments @ CERN

Educational goal

Set up of a multi-level trigger for rare event selection

 

Supervisors: Claudia Nones (contact person), Philippe Schune, Matthieu Vivier

 

 

#657 - Mise à jour : 11/06/2018

 

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