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The Mu2e experiment, under construction at Fermilab, will search for the neutrino-less coherent conversion of the muon into an electron in an aluminum nucleus. This Charged Lepton Flavour Violation (CLFV) process has a very clear signature, a single mono-energetic electron with energy slightly below the muon rest mass.
The Mu2e experiment aims to improve by four orders of magnitude the current best limit on the ratio (Rμe) between the conversion and muon capture rates and reach a single event sensitivity of 3×10^−17 on Rμe.
The experiment goal on Rμe is obtained with a very intense, pulsed, negative muon beam sent to an aluminum target for a total number of 1018 stopped muons in three years of running. The production and transport of the muons are achieved with a sophisticated magnetic system composed of a production, a transport, and a detector solenoid. The Detector Solenoids host the stopping target made of aluminum followed by a straw-tube tracker and electromagnetic calorimeter. The entire detector region is surrounded by a Cosmic Ray Veto system.
Mu2e is under construction at the Muon Campus of Fermilab. Requirements, tests on prototypes, and the status of the production will be discussed. The experiment data-taking start is currently scheduled for 2026.
