Recent findings in Fermilab regarding the the magnetic moment of the muon.

The muon is a particle like the electron in the standard model, only 200 times heavier. The magnetic moment of the muon is associated with the 'g' factor, which defines the strength of coupling of the muon to an external magnetic field. It had been theoretically predicted that the magnetic moment of the muon is 2. However, recent experiments in the LHC and Fermilab show that this is not the case, there is a discrepancy, confirming a discrepancy first found in Brookhaven national lab 20 yrs ago. Though the current results have not yet reached the required threshold of statistical significance. evidence so far seems to suggest that g is different from 2, indicating a discrepancy in the standard model and possibly a new kind of physics. In this meetup, Siddhartha Mitra will discuss the background and observations, with an introduction to the calculations involved in finding the moment.