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${{\mathit \mu}}$

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Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment
Muon Decay Parameters

${{\mathit \mu}}$ MASS (atomic mass units u)

$0.1134289259 \pm0.0000000025$ u

${{\mathit \mu}}$ MASS

$105.6583755 \pm0.0000023$ MeV

${{\mathit \mu}}$ MEAN LIFE $\tau $

$(2.1969811 \pm0.0000022) \times 10^{-6}$ s

${\mathit \tau}_{{{\mathit \mu}^{+}}}/{\mathit \tau}_{{{\mathit \mu}^{-}}}$ MEAN LIFE RATIO

$1.00002 \pm0.00008$

$({\mathit \tau}_{{{\mathit \mu}^{+}}}–{\mathit \tau}_{{{\mathit \mu}^{-}}})/{\mathit \tau}_{\mathrm {average}}$

$(2 \pm8) \times 10^{-5}$

${{\mathit \mu}}/{{\mathit p}}$ MAGNETIC MOMENT RATIO

$3.18334514 \pm0.00000007$

${{\mathit \mu}}$ MAGNETIC MOMENT ANOMALY

${{\mathit \mu}_{{{\mu}}}}/({{\mathit e}}\hbar{}/2{{\mathit m}_{{{\mu}}}})−$1 = (${{\mathit g}_{{{\mu}}}}−$2)/2

$0.00116592059 \pm0.00000000022$

$({\mathit g}_{{{\mathit \mu}^{+}}}–{\mathit g}_{{{\mathit \mu}^{-}}})/{\mathit g}_{average}$

$(-1.1 \pm1.2) \times 10^{-9}$

${{\mathit \mu}}$ ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENT (d)

$<1.8 \times 10^{-19}$ $\mathit e~$cm CL=95.0%

MUON-ELECTRON CHARGE RATIO ANOMALY $\mathit q_{{{\mathit \mu}^{+}}}/\mathit q_{{{\mathit e}^{-}}}$ $+$ 1

$(1.1 \pm2.1) \times 10^{-9}$

LIMIT ON ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}$ CONVERSION

${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{32}\mathrm {S}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}{}^{32}\mathrm {S}{)}$ / ${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{32}\mathrm {S}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \nu}_{{{\mu}}}}{}^{32}\mathrm {P}^{*}{)}$

$<7 \times 10^{-11}$ CL=90.0%

${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{}\mathrm {Cu}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}{}^{}\mathrm {Cu}{)}$ / ${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{}\mathrm {Cu}$ $\rightarrow$ capture${)}$

${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{}\mathrm {Ti}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}{}^{}\mathrm {Ti}{)}$ / ${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{}\mathrm {Ti}$ $\rightarrow$ capture${)}$

$<4.3 \times 10^{-12}$ CL=90.0%

${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{}\mathrm {Pb}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}{}^{}\mathrm {Pb}{)}$ / ${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{}\mathrm {Pb}$ $\rightarrow$ capture${)}$

$<4.6 \times 10^{-11}$ CL=90.0%

${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{}\mathrm {Au}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}{}^{}\mathrm {Au}{)}$ / ${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{}\mathrm {Au}$ $\rightarrow$ capture${)}$

$<7 \times 10^{-13}$ CL=90.0%

LIMIT ON ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ CONVERSION

${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{32}\mathrm {S}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit e}^{+}}{}^{32}\mathrm {Si}^{*}{)}$ / ${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{32}\mathrm {S}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \nu}_{{{\mu}}}}{}^{32}\mathrm {P}^{*}{)}$

$<9 \times 10^{-10}$ CL=90.0%

${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{127}\mathrm {I}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit e}^{+}}{}^{127}\mathrm {Sb}^{*}{)}$ / ${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{127}\mathrm {I}$ $\rightarrow$ anything${)}$

$<3 \times 10^{-10}$ CL=90.0%

${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{}\mathrm {Cu}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit e}^{+}}{}^{}\mathrm {Co}{)}$ / ${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{}\mathrm {Cu}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \nu}_{{{\mu}}}}{}^{}\mathrm {Ni}{)}$

${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{}\mathrm {Ti}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit e}^{+}}{}^{}\mathrm {Ca}{)}$ / ${\mathit \sigma (}$ ${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ ${}^{}\mathrm {Ti}$ $\rightarrow$ capture${)}$

$<3.6 \times 10^{-11}$ CL=90.0%

LIMIT ON MUONIUM $\rightarrow$ ANTIMUONIUM CONVERSION

$\mathit R_{\mathit g}$ = $\mathit G_{\mathit C}$ $/$ $\mathit G_{\mathit F}$

$<0.0030$ CL=90.0%

${{\mathit \mu}}$ DECAY PARAMETERS

$\rho $ PARAMETER

$0.74979 \pm0.00026$

$\eta $ PARAMETER

$0.057 \pm0.034$

$\delta $ PARAMETER

$0.75047 \pm0.00034$

$\vert (\xi $ PARAMETER)${\times }({{\mathit \mu}}$ LONGITUDINAL POLARIZATION)$\vert $

$1.0009 {}^{+0.0016}_{-0.0007}$

$\xi $ ${\times }$ (${{\mathit \mu}}$ LONGITUDINAL POLARIZATION) ${\times }$ $\delta $ $/$ $\rho $

$1.0018 {}^{+0.0016}_{-0.0007}$

$\xi {{}^\prime}$ = LONGITUDINAL POLARIZATION OF ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$

$\xi {{}^\prime}{{}^\prime}$ PARAMETER

TRANSVERSE ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ POLARIZATION IN PLANE OF ${{\mathit \mu}}$ SPIN, ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ MOMENTUM

$0.007 \pm0.008$

TRANSVERSE ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ POLARIZATION NORMAL TO PLANE OF ${{\mathit \mu}}$ SPIN, ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ MOMENTUM

$-0.002 \pm0.008$

$\alpha /\mathit A$

$0.000 \pm0.004$

$\alpha {{}^\prime}/\mathit A$

$-0.010 \pm0.020$

$\beta /\mathit A$

$0.004 \pm0.006$

$\beta {{}^\prime}/\mathit A$

$0.002 \pm0.007$

$\mathit a/\mathit A$

$\mathit a{{}^\prime}/\mathit A$

($\mathit b{{}^\prime}+\mathit b)/\mathit A$

$\mathit c/\mathit A$

$\mathit c{{}^\prime}/\mathit A$

${{\overline{\mathit \eta}}}$ PARAMETER

${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}$ DECAY MODES ▸ Expand all decays

${{\mathit \mu}^{+}}$ modes are charge conjugates of the modes below.

${{\mathit e}^{-}}{{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{e}}}}{{\mathit \nu}_{{{\mu}}}}$

$\approx{}100\%$

${{\mathit e}^{-}}{{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{e}}}}{{\mathit \nu}_{{{\mu}}}}{{\mathit \gamma}}$

$(6.0\pm{0.5})\times 10^{-8}$

${{\mathit e}^{-}}{{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{e}}}}{{\mathit \nu}_{{{\mu}}}}{{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

$(3.4\pm{0.4})\times 10^{-5}$

▸	Lepton Family number ($\mathit LF$) violating modes

FOOTNOTES

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