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The Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon

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Authors:
  1. Friedrich Jegerlehner

    1. Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  • Up-to-date review makes this a study of great contemporary relevance
  • Detailed evaluation of non-perturbative hadronic effects
  • Perspectives for future improvements in theoretical and experimental precision are considered
  • New edition features improved theoretical predictions and presents high precision basic parameters
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (STMP, volume 274)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Basic Concepts, Introduction to QED, g − 2 in a Nutshell, General Properties and Tools

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Friedrich Jegerlehner
      Pages 3-22

    3. Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Electrodynamics

      • Friedrich Jegerlehner
      Pages 23-161

    4. Lepton Magnetic Moments: Basics

      • Friedrich Jegerlehner
      Pages 163-246

  3. A Detailed Account of the Theory, Outline of Concepts of the Experiment, Status and Perspectives

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      Pages 247-247
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    2. Electromagnetic and Weak Radiative Corrections

      • Friedrich Jegerlehner
      Pages 249-342

    3. Hadronic Effects

      • Friedrich Jegerlehner
      Pages 343-569

    4. The \(g-2\) Experiments

      • Friedrich Jegerlehner
      Pages 571-607

    5. Comparison Between Theory and Experiment and Future Perspectives

      • Friedrich Jegerlehner
      Pages 609-681

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 683-693
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About this book

This research monograph covers extensively the theory of the muon anomalous magnetic moment and provides estimates of the theoretical uncertainties. The muon anomalous magnetic moment is one of the most precisely measured quantities in elementary particle physics and provides one of the most stringent tests of relativistic quantum field theory as a fundamental theoretical framework. It allows for an extremely precise check of the standard model of elementary particles and of its limitations. This book reviews the present state of knowledge of the anomalous magnetic moment a=(g-2)/2 of the muon. Recent experiments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory now reach the unbelievable precision of 0.5 parts per million, improving the accuracy of previous g-2 experiments at CERN by a factor of 14. In addition, quantum electrodynamics and electroweak and hadronic effects are reviewed. Since non-perturbative hadronic effects play a key role for the precision test, their evaluation is described in detail. Perspectives for future improvements of the theoretical and experimental precision are considered. The new edition features improved theoretical predictions to match upcoming experiments, like the one at Fermilab. Additionally the new more precise basic parameters are presented.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Friedrich Jegerlehner

About the author

Prof. Dr. Jegerlehner studied physics and received his PhD at Bern University, Switzerland. In 1976 he obtained his Habilitation at Free University of Berlin, Germany.

He had been member of the research project Quantumdynamics at the Center of Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF), Bielefeld University. Since 1983 full professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Bielefeld. 1989-1995 staff at Paul-Scherrer-Institute, Villigen, Switzerland, with teaching position at ETH Zürich and ETH Lausanne, Switzerland. Since 1995 head of the DESY Zeuthen theory group and professor at Humboldt-University Berlin.

He had been visiting scientist/professor at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill/N.J., USA, Wuppertal University, Germany, Bern University, Switzerland, Hannover University, Germany, Centre de Physique Theorique CRNS-Luminy, Marseille, France, Technical University Dresden, Germany.

In 2007 he received a Research Grant Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow/Poland and had been awarded in 2008 the Alexander von Humboldt Honorary Research Fellowship by the Polish Science Foundation University Katowice, Poland.

 


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