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Nuclear Physics PIENU

Location of Research Facility:
TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada.

VT Research Personnel:
Dr. Marvin Blecher

Description of Research & Links:

The experiment "PIENU" aims to experimentally test electon-muon universality in weak interactions via measurement of the branching ratio of the decays π+ → e+ ν and π+ → μ+ ν.

PIENU Collaboration Homepage


Aerial view of TRIUMF in Vancouver, Canada



Proposed setup of the PIENU experiment


Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Physics Department, Robeson Hall (0435), Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-6544; Fax: (540) 231-7511