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SaishDawg t1_j95srp7 wrote

Does the more precise measurement resolve or make more puzzling the g-2 (dipole anomaly) announced by Fermilab a few months ago?

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FlipFlopX t1_j9686l5 wrote

Neither. The g-2 measurement is done with a muon, not an electron. Since any anomalies scale with mass squared, and the muon is 200 times heavier than an electron, that experiment is 40000 times more sensitive to new physics than this one. Doubling the electron measurement accuracy reveals nothing new.

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SaishDawg t1_j96g55h wrote

Thanks for the succinct and illuminating explanation!

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