Fundamental measurements with muons - View from PSI

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent and ongoing muon experiments at PSI, highlighting their role in precision measurements and searches for new physics that complement high-energy physics efforts.

Contribution

It provides an overview of recent results and future ideas for muon-based experiments at PSI, emphasizing their significance in fundamental physics research.

Findings

High intensity muon beams enable precise fundamental measurements.

Muon experiments at PSI challenge and complement the Standard Model.

Ongoing and future experiments aim to explore new physics.

Abstract

Muons can serve as probes to precisely determine fundamental parameters of the Standard Model or search for `new physics'. The high intensity muon beams at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) allow for precision measurements and searches for rare or forbidden processes. Both types of experiments challenge the Standard Model in a way complementary to high energy physics. We give a short overview of recent results and ongoing experiments at PSI, and of ideas for the future.