The MOLLER Experiment

Abstract

The MOLLER experiment will measure the weak charge of the electron, $Q_W^e=1-4{\sin }^2{\theta }_W$, with a precision of 2.3% by measuring the parity-violating asymmetry in electron-electron (M\oller) scattering. This measurement will provide an ultra-precise measurement of the weak mixing angle, ${\sin }^2{\theta }_W$, which is on par with the two most precise collider measurements at the Z${}^0$-pole. The precision of the experiment, with a fractional accuracy in the determination of ${\sin }^2{\theta }_W$ $\approx 0.1$%, makes it a probe of physics beyond the Standard Model with sensitivities to mass scales of new physics up to 7.5 TeV.

Comments: Proceedings from PAVI 11 to be published in Nuovo Cimento C