Precision Measurements are Having a Moment:

Recent Results in Leptons and Why they Matter

Man with dark hair in glasses standing in front of laser lab

Eric Cornell

JILA/National Institute of Standards and Technology
April 13, 2026
4:30 p.m.
CW 102 or Zoom
Email office@phys.ksu.edu for the Zoom address
Abstract

The past three years have seen three dipole-moment measurements of record-breaking accuracy – the magnetic dipole moments (aka “g-2”) of the muon and of the electron, and the electric dipole moment (EDM) of the electron. I will focus at first on the latter measurement. Then I will try to put all three measurements into a unifying framework, so that one can compare and contrast the relative implications of each of these three measurements for the search for Beyond Standard Model physics.