19–21 May 2025
University of Pittsburgh
US/Eastern timezone

Precision QED: how to handle electrons with boundaries

20 May 2025, 15:00
15m
David Lawrence Hall 205, University of Pittsburgh

David Lawrence Hall 205, University of Pittsburgh

New Developments in Theory New Developments in Theory

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Hannah Day

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The anomalous magnetic dipole moment ($g-2$) of the electron is one of the most precisely measured quantities in the world. To push precision beyond the current record, we can no longer assume the electron is in free space. We calculate $g-2$ for an electron in a cylindrical cavity and demonstrate that the boundary correction can be measured in a near-future experiment.

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