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Muons and streetlights: the six-decade quest to pinpoint the value of g–2

15 Jun 2021 Robert P Crease
Taken from the June 2021 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline "Muons and streetlights".

Robert P Crease explains why the new measurement of “g–2” was just the latest in a series of such experiments that stretches back more than 60 years

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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, US and writes the monthly Critical Point column for Physics World, robertpcrease.com, e-mail robert.crease@stonybrook.edu. His latest book is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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