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Fermilab’s Muon g-2 Experiment Confirms Standard Model with Unprecedented Precision

Refined lattice QCD methods produced a prediction that matches the 127-ppb measurement, resolving the long-standing muon g-2 discrepancy.

Overview

  • Fermilab’s Muon g-2 collaboration delivered its final anomalous magnetic moment measurement with 127 parts per billion precision, surpassing its original 140-ppb goal.
  • The result, based on data from 2021 to 2023 combined with earlier runs, completes a six-year primary analysis of the muon’s wobble.
  • The Muon g-2 Theory Initiative applied lattice QCD calculations to align the Standard Model prediction with the experimental value.
  • Agreement between theory and experiment indicates no evidence of physics beyond the Standard Model in the muon’s magnetic anomaly.
  • Researchers will mine the existing dataset for further muon properties and anticipate follow-up measurements at Japan’s Proton Accelerator Research Complex in the early 2030s.