page_title: Mu2e
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Mu2e / Design
caption_attribution_description: English: Diagram of the Mu2e experiment
context_page_description: Mu2e, or the Muon-to-Electron Conversion Experiment, is a particle physics experiment at Fermilab in the US. The goal of the experiment is to identify physics beyond the Standard Model, namely, the conversion of muons to electrons without the emission of neutrinos, which occurs in a number of theoretical models. Project co-spokesperson Jim Miller likens this process to neutrino oscillation, but for charged leptons. Observing this process will help to narrow the range of plausible theories. The experiment will be 10,000 times more sensitive than previous muon to electron conversion experiments, and probe energy scales up to 10,000 TeV.
context_section_description: The Mu2e apparatus will be 92 feet (28 m) in length, and will consist of three sections. The total cost of the experiment is $271 million.
caption: Stages of the Mu2e experiment
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