The fixed probe storage ring magnetometer for the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

The goal of the FNAL E989 experiment is to measure the muon magnetic anomaly to unprecedented accuracy and precision at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. To meet this goal, the time and space averaged magnetic environment in the muon storage volume must be known to better than 70 ppb. A new pulsed proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) magnetometer was designed and built at the University of Washington, Seattle to track the temporal stability of the 1.45 T magnetic field in the muon storage ring at this precision. It consists of an array of 378 petroleum jelly based NMR probes that are embedded in the walls of muon storage ring vacuum chambers and custom electronics built with readily available modular radio frequency (RF) components. We give NMR probe construction details and describe the functions of the custom electronic subsystems. The excellent performance metrics of the magnetometer are discussed, where after 8 years of operation the median single shot resolution of the array of probes remains at 650 ppb.

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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
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2025-03-04
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.170338
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Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
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The fixed probe storage ring magnetometer for the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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The fixed probe storage ring magnetometer for the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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Abstract

The goal of the FNAL E989 experiment is to measure the muon magnetic anomaly to unprecedented accuracy and precision at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. To meet this goal, the time and space averaged magnetic environment in the muon storage volume must be known to better than 70 ppb. A new pulsed proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) magnetometer was designed and built at the University of Washington, Seattle to track the temporal stability of the 1.45 T magnetic field in the muon storage ring at this precision. It consists of an array of 378 petroleum jelly based NMR probes that are embedded in the walls of muon storage ring vacuum chambers and custom electronics built with readily available modular radio frequency (RF) components. We give NMR probe construction details and describe the functions of the custom electronic subsystems. The excellent performance metrics of the magnetometer are discussed, where after 8 years of operation the median single shot resolution of the array of probes remains at 650 ppb.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated EquipmentVol. 1075
University of Applied Sciences Mainz (DE), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE), University of Washington (US), Seattle University (US)
U.S. Department of Energy, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Office of Science, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Fermilab
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Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
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