Muon g-2

A more precise result can expose a new problem or resolve an apparent discrepancy. That is the case with the Muon g-2 experiment with the most precise measurement of the muon and with the mass of the W boson.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced that Fermilab’s Chris Polly was one of nine recipients of the prestigious Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award for exceptional contributions to research and development supporting the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) missions in science, energy and national security.

A profile on Brendan Casey, a senior scientist at Fermilab and member of the Muon g-2 collaboration, by his alma mater University of Mary Washington.

Fermilab has refined measurements of the muon’s anomalous magnetic moment by focusing on where these calculations begin at the detector. The team achieved results more consistent with existing theoretical predictions without confirming new physics.

Tyler Barrett, Charis-Kleio Koraka, Kevin Kelly and Silvia Zorzetti are the recipients of the 2026 URA Honorary Awards. The awards are presented each year by Universities Research Association to recognize significant contributions to research at Fermilab.

The experiment, designed to measure the magnetic moment of the muon, is also sensitive to a particle property called the electric dipole moment.

For 25 years, physicists have been puzzled by the way muons wobble in a magnetic field. Recent collider experiments showing discrepancies to other experiments could be a hint of unknown particles.

On April 18, the winners of some of the most lucrative prizes in science, were announced at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony. The Muon g-2 collaboration won the award in Fundamental Physics for the most precise measurement of the muon to date.

IFL Science talks with Chris Polly about the Muon g-2 collaboration’s precise measurement of the g-2 value honored with $3 million from the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

The Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab received the prestigious Breakthrough Prize in fundamental physics for its precision measurement of the muon.