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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
A measurement of the mean life of the positive muon to a precision of 11 parts per million
Abstract
dc:descriptionThe mean life of the positive muon has been measured to a precision of 11 ppm using a low-energy, pulsed muon beam stopped in a ferromagnetic target, which was surrounded by a scintillator detector array. The result, τμ = 2.197 013 (24) μs, is in excellent agreement with the previous world average. The new world average τμ = 2.197019(21) μs determines the Fermi constant GF = 1.166371(6) × 10^-5 GeV^-2 (5 ppm). Described in this thesis are the motivating concepts, experimental procedure, data analysis, and systematic error analysis for this measurement.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Physics
- Year dc:date
- 2012
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Chitwood, Daniel Brian
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Hertzog, David W.
Subjects
dc:subject × 5Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- © 2007 Daniel Brian Chitwood
- Language dc:language
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 5654355
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/32108