Commissioning of and upgrades to the Mu-MASS experiment

19 May 2026, 17:48
1m
Aula (ÖAW)

Aula

ÖAW

Doktor-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna

Speaker

Marcus Mähring (ETH Zürich)

Description

Muonium, a purely leptonic system of an anti-muon and an electron, is a promising candidate to probe physics beyond the standard model and bound-state QED. The Mu-MASS collaboration has a broad spectroscopy program, including a rich microwave program, and long-term aims to measure the 1S-2S transition in the muonium atom to several orders of magnitude beyond the current state of the art.
This poster on the 1S-2S experiment describes recent updates to the system, such as the incorporation of a new fiber amplifier, an active beam stabilization system, improved background suppression, and further work on increasing stability and UV power in an enhancement cavity. With these upgrades, the laser system can deliver more than 45 W of 244 nm light in the cavity. Furthermore, the poster presents extensive commissioning of the experiment, including a full campaign with hydrogen to validate the experimental scheme.

Author

Marcus Mähring (ETH Zürich)

Co-authors

Edward Thorpe-Woods (ETH Zurich (CH)) Evans Javary Paolo Crivelli (ETH Zurich (CH))

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