We present a new measurement of the positive muon magnetic anomaly, $a_{\mu }\equiv (g_{\mu }-2)/2$, from the Fermilab Muon $g-2$ Experiment using data collected in 2019 and 2020. We have analyzed more than 4 times the number of positrons from muon decay than in our previous result from 2018 data. The systematic error is reduced by more than a factor of 2 due to better running conditions, a more stable beam, and improved knowledge of the magnetic field weighted by the muon distribution, ${\tilde{\omega }}_p^{\prime }$, and of the anomalous precession frequency corrected for beam dynamics effects, ${\omega }_a$. From the ratio ${\omega }_a/{\tilde{\omega }}_p^{\prime }$, together with precisely determined external parameters, we determine $a_{\mu }=116592057(25)\times {10}^{-11}$ (0.21 ppm). Combining this result with our previous result from the 2018 data, we obtain $a_{\mu }(\mathrm{FNAL})=116592055(24)\times {10}^{-11}$ (0.20 ppm). The new experimental world average is $a_{\mu }(\exp )=116592059(22)\times {10}^{-11}$ (0.19 ppm), which represents a factor of 2 improvement in precision.

A new measurement of the magnetic anomaly a μ of the positive muon is presented based on data taken from 2020 to 2023 by the Muon g − 2 Experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL). This dataset contains over 2.5 times the total statistics of our previous results. From the ratio of the precession frequencies for muons and protons in our storage ring magnetic field, together with precisely known ratios of fundamental constants, we determine a μ = 1 165 920 710 ( 162 ) × 10 − 12 (139 ppb) for the new datasets, and a μ = 1 165 920 705 ( 148 ) × 10 − 12 (127 ppb) when combined with our previous results. The new experimental world average, dominated by the measurements at FNAL, is a μ ( exp ) = 1 165 920 715 ( 145 ) × 10 − 12 (124 ppb). The measurements at FNAL have improved the precision on the world average by over a factor of 4.

We present details on a new measurement of the muon magnetic anomaly, $a_{\mu }=(g_{\mu }-2)/2$. The result is based on positive muon data taken at Fermilab’s Muon Campus during the 2019 and 2020 accelerator runs. The measurement uses $3.1\mathrm{GeV}/c$ polarized muons stored in a 7.1-m-radius storage ring with a 1.45 T uniform magnetic field. The value of $a_{\mu }$ is determined from the measured difference between the muon spin precession frequency and its cyclotron frequency. This difference is normalized to the strength of the magnetic field, measured using nuclear magnetic resonance. The ratio is then corrected for small contributions from beam motion, beam dispersion, and transient magnetic fields. We measure $a_{\mu }=116592057(25)\times {10}^{-11}$ (0.21 ppm). This is the world’s most precise measurement of this quantity and represents a factor of 2.2 improvement over our previous result based on the 2018 dataset. In combination, the two datasets yield $a_{\mu }(\mathrm{FNAL})=116592055(24)\times {10}^{-11}$ (0.20 ppm). Combining this with the measurements from Brookhaven National Laboratory for both positive and negative muons, the new world average is $a_{\mu }(\exp )=116592059(22)\times {10}^{-11}$ (0.19 ppm).

We consider different types of storage rings as precision probes of axion-mediated monopole-dipole forces. We show that current and planned experiments aiming to measure magnetic and electric dipole moments of protons, muons. and electrons very precisely may explore new parts of the parameter space beyond existing laboratory bounds and, in some cases, beyond astrophysical constraints. Remarkably, a light axion coupled to muons may explain the FNAL/BNL $(g-2{)}_{\mu }$ anomaly as an environmental effect—the coherent axion field generated by the earth nucleons induces an extra contribution to the anomalous precession frequency of the muon explaining the discrepancy with respect to the SM prediction.

A hypothetical pseudoscalar particle axion, which is an immediate result of the Peccei-Quinn solution to the strong $CP$ problem, may couple to gluons and lead to an oscillating electric dipole moment (EDM) of fundamental particles. This paper proposes a novel method of probing the axion-induced oscillating EDM in storage rings, using a radio frequency (rf) Wien filter. The Wien filter at the frequency of the sidebands of the axion and $g-2$ frequency, $f_{\text{axion}}\pm f_{g-2}$, generates a spin resonance in the presence of an oscillating EDM, as confirmed both by an analytical estimation of the spin equations and independently by simulation. A brief systematic study also shows that this method is unlikely to be limited by Wien filter misalignment issues.

This work demonstrates that two systematic errors, coherent betatron oscillations (CBO) and muon losses can be reduced through application of radio frequency (RF) electric fields, which ultimately increases the sensitivity of the muon $g-2$ experiments. As the ensemble of polarized muons goes around a weak focusing storage ring, their spin precesses, and when they decay through the weak interaction, $\mu^+ \rightarrow e^+ \nu_e \bar{\nu_\mu}$, the decay positrons are detected by electromagnetic calorimeters. In addition to the expected exponential decay in the positron time spectrum, the weak decay asymmetry causes a modulation in the number of positrons in a selected energy range at the difference frequency between the spin and cyclotron frequencies, $\omega_\text{a}$. This frequency is directly proportional to the magnetic anomaly $a_\mu =(g-2)/2$, where $g$ is the g-factor of the muon, which is slightly greater than 2. The detector acceptance depends on the radial position of the muon decay, so the CBO of the muon bunch following injection into the storage ring modulate the measured muon signal with the frequency $\omega_\text{CBO}$. In addition, the muon populations at the edge of the beam hit the walls of the vacuum chamber before decaying, which also affects the signal. Thus, reduction of CBO and unwanted muon loss increases the $a_\mu$ measurement sensitivity. Numerical and experimental studies with RF electric fields yield more than a magnitude reduction of the CBO, with muon losses comparable to the conventional method.