Analytic chromaticity formulas for the Muon g -2 Experiment at Fermilab

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Authors: Eremey Valetov, Kyoko Makino, Martin Berz
Cited by: 2
References: 16

Abstract

The Muon g-2 Experiment (E989) at Fermilab measured the muon anomalous magnetic moment aμ with unprecedented precision of 127 ppb using a storage ring. The experiment pushed the limits in terms of accuracy and systematic errors. Achieving the 78-ppb total systematic uncertainty required precise beam dynamics modeling and corrections for effects on the measured muon precession frequency. We derived the first analytic aberration formulas up to the second order for the muon g-2 storage ring's combined-function electrostatic quadrupoles (superimposed magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole fields) using an order-by-order perturbation method. From these, we obtained the exact chromaticity formulas for three ring models of different granularity and validated them against numerical calculations using COSY INFINITY, achieving analytic-numerical agreement to O(10-10). This work resolved discrepancies between previous approximate derivations and provided essential beam dynamics results for Runs 4-6 analyses. We also calculated nonlinear chromaticities up to ninth order. The experiment completed its final Run 6 in July 2023, collecting 21 times more data than the previous muon g-2 experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory, with the final result announced in June 2025.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Neutrino Physics Research Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Computational Physics and Python Applications

Publication details

Journal / source
Microscopy
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Volume
75
Issue
Supplement_1
Pages
i31–i41
Publication date
17 March 2026
Language
EN