Speaker
Dr
Frederik Wauters
(Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
Description
Searching for neutral current effects in muonic atoms is an old idea. A muon around a nucleus in the 2S state gets a small parity violating
admixture from the 2P state, which then allows E1-M1 interference in the 2S-1S transition. For nuclei around Z=40, the experimental challenge is to deal with the intense background from nP-1S transitions and electrons from Michel decays. We investigate the feasibility of a parity violation experiment, utilizing large solid-angle segmented germanium detectors to get the background from the atomic cascade under control.
Primary author
Dr
Frederik Wauters
(Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
