Muon to electron conversion: The COMET and Mu2e experiments

TL;DR

The paper discusses the upcoming COMET and Mu2e experiments designed to detect muon-to-electron conversion, highlighting their physics goals, experimental challenges, differences, and schedules.

Contribution

It provides a comparative overview of the new generation of muon-to-electron conversion experiments, emphasizing their unique approaches and technological advancements.

Findings

Both experiments utilize high power pulsed muon beams from J-PARC and Fermilab.

They address common experimental challenges in detecting rare muon-to-electron conversion events.

The paper outlines the current development schedules for both experiments.

Abstract

I describe the new generation of muon-to-electron conversion experiments, COMET and Mu2e, being constructed to make use of new high power pulsed muon beams a J-PARC and Fermilab respectively. A brief overview of the physics explored by the muon to electron conversion is given, followed by a description of the experimental challenges and resulting features common to the new experiments. The differences in approach between Mu2e and COMET are then highlighted, and the current schedules given.