21 October 2016
Paul Scherrer Institut
Europe/Zurich timezone

Atomic Parity Violation in muonic atoms

21 Oct 2016, 16:40
30m
Auditorium / WHGA001 (Paul Scherrer Institut)

Auditorium / WHGA001

Paul Scherrer Institut

CH-5232 Villigen

Speaker

Dr Frederik Wauters (Johannes Gutenberg University 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. For nuclei around Z=30, 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 germanium detectors to get the background from the atomic cascade under control.

Primary author

Dr Frederik Wauters (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

Presentation materials