Hoh Siew Yan recently participated in the National Conference 2024 (PERFIK 2024), held in Malaysia from November 3 to 8, 2024. Representing the group, Hoh delivered two insightful presentations that highlighted the team’s ongoing efforts in both fundamental research and educational outreach. Under the Particle Physics category, Hoh’s … Read more News
Our group recently participated in the PSI test beam from the end of Oct to the beginning of Nov 2024 to evaluate the performance of the prototype muon trigger detector developed for the muEDM experiment. This marks our second beam test at PSI for the muEDM project, where … Read more News
Kim Siang recently participated in the Muography Workshop 2024, held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, from November 4-8. He presented the latest advancements in the Shanghai Muography Project, a collaboration with the Shanghai Urban Planning and Natural Resources Bureau. The workshop was an inspiring gathering, uniting researchers … Read more News
Yonghao recently participated in the Chinese Muography Workshop 2024, held at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei from November 7 to 9, 2024. Representing our group, he presented the latest advancements in the Shanghai Muography Project, showcasing our contributions to this emerging field. … Read more News
Kim Siang participated in the NuFact 2024 conference at Argonne National Laboratory as both a convener of the Working Group 4 (Muon Physics) and a presenter on the current status of the PSI muEDM experiment. It was great to be back in the US for the first time … Read more News
Our group actively participated in the prestigious Simon Eidelman School on Muon Dipole Moments and Hadronic Effects, hosted by the Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute at Nagoya University from September 2-6, 2024. Yusuke Takeuchi, Siew Yan Hoh, Yonghao Zeng, and Fangchao Liu presented their recent research on the SHINE Muon Source … Read more News
Kim Siang recently participated in the ICHEP 2024 Conference (Jul 17 – 24) at the Prague Congress Centre in Prague, Czech Republic. Representing the Fermilab Muon g-2 collaboration, Kim Siang delivered a presentation in the Quark and Lepton Flavour Physics parallel session, discussing the “Run-2/3 measurement of the muon anomalous … Read more News
Our group has recently participated in an exhibition to showcase innovations in science and technology (S&T) from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). This is also a specially arranged exhibition to celebrate the partnership between SJTU and Shanghai Tech Museum to promote innovation and public outreach in S&T. We … Read more News
Jun Kai NG (黄俊凯) successfully defended his Master’s thesis on 12 May 2024. He worked on the “Validation of the Calorimeter Acceptance Model in the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment”. The whole team congratulates him on his success. He has been awarded the CSC PhD Scholarship (2024-2028) and will stay … Read more News
Yimin Wan (万一民) and Xingyun Huang (黄幸运) have successfully defended their Bachelor’s thesis on 4 Jun 2024. They worked on the “Design and Construction of Spark Chamber Frame Structure, Gas System, and Camera System” and “Spark-Chamber-based Muon Mass Measurement”. The whole team congratulates them on their success. Xingyun … Read more News
Our group recently participated in the MIP2024 workshop at Peking University from April 20th to 21st. Kim Siang served as the session chair for the precision measurement session, while three of our group members (Yusuke, Siew Yan, and Guan Ming) presented at the plenary session and nine at … Read more News
Our group recently participated in the SHINE electron beam’s Applied Science and Key Technology workshop from April 1st to 2nd. Kim Siang delivered a talk on the Muon Source based on SHINE and its applications. Several members from TDLI also attended the meeting, and we enjoyed a comprehensive … Read more News
From Mar 3rd to 4th, Kim Siang visited Lanzhou for the first time to engage in an academic exchange with Prof. Zhiyi Liu’s group on Muography, accompanied by several officers from the Shanghai government. He also gave a seminar talk on Muon Physics at the Institute of Modern … Read more News
We are accepting SJTU Summer Research Internship students this summer! The program we offer is the measurement of the muon properties using tabletop setup in our laboratory at the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute. Eligibility Requirements:– Students must have completed at least one year of an undergraduate program and be … Read more News
Kim Siang has represented the accelerator-based particle physics experimental group for the Key Laboratory for Shanghai and MOE for the annual report. In the presentation, Kim Siang elaborated the progress in three main directions of the group, the collider experiments (ATLAS and CEPC), the fixed-target experiment (Dark SHINE) … Read more News
Meng has attended the 27th J-PARC Muon g-2/EDM Collaboration Meeting at Niigata University and presented a talk about the status of the muon polarization monitor. The exchange between the Shanghai Muon Physics Group and the KEK/J-PARC Muon Physics group has became a regular and we hope for a … Read more News
Kim Siang and Tianqi have presented talks about the Shanghai Muon Source and the PSI muEDM experiment at the Shanghai Particle and Nuclear Physics Annual Meeting at Tongji University. It was a great opportunity to present the progress of our research program and to meet up with fellow … Read more News
Kim Siang was invited to be a speaker at the 《致交论道》event organized by the Zhiyuan College at SJTU. The topic of discussion was “What is the new physics behind the N-th place of decimals”.
Kim Siang was recently invited to give an overview talk on electromagnetic dipole moments at the prestigious ICFA seminar 2023 on “Future Perspectives in High Energy Physics”. It is a four-day international exchange of information concentrating on plans for future facilities in the field of particle physics. The … Read more News
Our group recently participated in the first Workshop on Muon Science Technology and Industry (MELODY2023) at the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS). Kim Siang presented our group’s efforts in the Shanghai Muon Source, the Fermilab Muon g-2 experiment and the PSI muEDM experiment. All the progress would not … Read more News
On Oct 25, 2023, Kim-Siang presented a poster about “Precise measurements of muon properties and muon factory” at the faculty-student exchange sesssion (2024年“致远学者研究计划”师生交流会) at the Zhiyuan Innovative Research Center (ZIRC). Original report about the event can be found here: https://zhiyuan.sjtu.edu.cn/html/zhiyuan/news_view.php?id=4001.
Meng has successfully defended the Zhiyuan Scholar’s project at the Annual report meeting. Congratulations to the team (Meng Lyu, Xintong Cai, Fangyuan Yu and Siyuan Chen) for completing such a nice project! Original report about the meeting can be found here: https://zhiyuan.sjtu.edu.cn/html/zhiyuan/news_view.php?id=3999.
Kim Siang was invited to present the latest results of the Fermilab Muon g-2 experiment at the 3rd Asian-European-Institutes workshop (AEI) for BSM. The workshop was held at the famous hotspring resort of Ikaho. More information about the workshop can be found here: https://conference-indico.kek.jp/event/234/.
Our group participated in the NuFACT 2023 conference at Seoul National University and presented some technical talks on the Fermilab Muon g-2 experiment (Kim Siang) and the PSI MuEDM experiment (Guan Ming). A poster about the Nov 2022 test beam of the MuEDM project was also presented (Jun … Read more News
Kim Siang participated in the first in-person Physics Week of the Muon g-2 collaboration at Liverpool since he joined the TDLI in 2019. He presented the current status of the precession frequency analysis of the SJTU group, co-organized the precession frequency analysis workshop, and gave a talk about … Read more News
From July 10 to 14, our young research team had the privilege of immersing ourselves in the enriching environment of the SUT-PSI School of Muon and Neutron Physics, hosted by the prestigious Suranaree University of Technology (SUT). The well-curated curriculum showcased an engaging blend of theoretical and practical … Read more News
Cheng participated in the WIN 2023 workshop at the gorgeous Sun Yat-sen University Zhuhai Campus in Guangdong Province. He presented the current status of the Muon g-2 experiment on behalf of the collaboration. For more details, please visit the event’s webpage: https://indico.ihep.ac.cn/event/18269/.
Kim Siang recently took part in the Muon Beam Physics and Applications Workshop hosted at the newly built Huizhou campus of the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), from Jun 19 to 20. During the workshop, Kim Siang showcased his innovative concept, the High-Repetition-Rate … Read more News
From June 11th to 15th, our team members Tianqi Hu, Jun Kai Ng, and Yonghao Zeng embarked on their inaugural trip to Japan. During their visit, they engaged in a variety of academic activities at the esteemed institutions of KEK, J-PARC, and Ochanomizu University, all centered around muon … Read more News
Kim Siang recently took part in the PPC 2023 workshop (Jun 12 – 16), held at IBS in Daejeon, South Korea. Representing the Fermilab Muon g-2 collaboration, Kim delivered a presentation in the Flavor Physics plenary session, discussing the “Muon g-2 experiment”. For more details, please visit the event’s webpage: … Read more News
Meng and Jiangtao presented a poster on our Shanghai Muon Source project at the International Accelerator Physics Conference (IPAC’23) in Venice, Italy. It is attended by over 1,000 participants on an island in Venice with lots of talks, poster presentations, and social activities. More information about the conference … Read more News
The Workshop on Muon Physics at the Intensity and Precision Frontiers (MIP2023) was successfully held in our institute from Apr 15-16, 2023. We had about 100 in-person participants, 25 plenary talks, and 15 poster presentations during the workshop. Cheng presented the current status of the Fermilab Muon g-2 … Read more News
Prof. Tsutomu Mibe (KEK and Univ. of Tokyo) and Dr. Yusuke Takeuchi (Kyushu University) came to Shanghai for the 2nd meeting (1st in-person) of SJTU-KEK Muon Physics Exchange Program sponsored by NSFC and JSPS Academic Exchange Program, from Apr 13 – 14, 2023. We shared our recent progress … Read more News
Kim Siang made the first international business trip in 3 years to PSI for the Muon EDM Collaboration April Meeting 2023 from Apr 15 – 16. He presented TDLI’s contribution to the collaboration on the topic of the muon telescope detector at the Nov 2022 beam test. The … Read more News
In addition to the setup designed and constructed by the ZIRC team, we have another version of the muon spin polarization measurement setup based on PMT and plastic scintillators.
After months of hard work by the ZIRC project team, a setup for measuring the atmospheric muon’s polarization is now operating! Looking forward to extracting important information for subsequent studies related to muon polarization.
The MIP 2023 workshop offers a welcoming environment for physicists interested in muon physics and its applications, inviting both experimental and theoretical communities to come together and share their latest findings. This workshop aims to facilitate discussions on ongoing and proposed experiments, as well as to encourage participants … Read more News
Our detector development lab is finally open for business! In the process of completing the renovation, we have completed the construction of a muon entrance detector and had it shipped to PSI for a test beam in November. Kudos to the team members for helping out.
Our group has contributed several poster presentations to the Fall Meeting of the Chinese Physical Society 2022. Meng was awarded the best poster in particle physics for his work on the J-PARC muon polarization monitor (Meng, Xintong, Fangyuan, and Siyuan). Congratulations to the team! For more details about … Read more News
Tianqi and Jun Kai represented our group at the PSI 2022 conference presenting 3 posters on muon physics experiments (Muon g-2 and muEDM). It is one of the first onsite conference presentations that our group gave over the last two years! It’s good to be able to meet … Read more News
Our group co-organized the SJTU-KEK Muon Physics Exchange Workshop 2022, together with Prof. Liang Li from SPA and Prof. Tsutomu Mibe from KEK/Univ. of Tokyo. The workshop was very successful and we enjoyed a lot sharing progress from both sides on various muon physics experiments. More information about … Read more News
Cheng represented our group in the 8th HEDP Young Scientists Forum for a poster presentation on the Shanghai Muon Source. He won the best poster award that was given to the best 8 posters. Congratulations!
Our group presented multiple posters at the CPS High Energy Physics Division Meeting 2022. During to the COVID restrictions, the posters were presented online and each speaker was given 3 minutes to present their work.
Kim Siang participated in the NuFact 2022 workshop and presented on behalf of the muEDM collaboration on the topic “Search for the muon electric dipole moment at PSI”. More information can be found here: https://indico.fnal.gov/event/53004/. Proceeding for the workshop will appear here soon: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/instruments/special_issues/NuFACT_2022.
Our group members, Chen Cheng, Tianqi Hu, and Jun Kai Ng presented their posters at the Fermilab Users Annual Meeting 2022. More details can be found here: https://uec.fnal.gov/uamposters22/.
An R&D project led by Meng Lv (吕濛), Xintong Cai (蔡欣桐), and Fangyuan Yu (俞方远) on the Muon Polarization Monitor for J-PARC Muon g-2/EDM experiment was being approved recently by the Zhiyuan College at SJTU. The project will last for 1.5 years and comes with its own funding … Read more News
Kim-Siang presented on behalf of the SJTU Muon Physics Group at the 粒子物理与核物理上海研讨会2021. It is a good start to 2022 to be able to meet so many experts in Particle and Nuclear Physics in a nice conference venue.
We have completed the move to a new building(李政道研究所张江实验楼) in Zhangjiang, Pudong New District! Looking forward to working in the new office and new lab (to be renovated) for the many years to come. More pictures below (Credit to my colleagues who have taken those nice pictures!).
On Oct 23, 2021, Kim-Siang presented a poster about “Interdisciplinary research using muon as a probe” at the faculty-student exchange sesssion (2022年“致远学者研究计划”师生交流会) at the Zhiyuan Innovative Research Center (ZIRC).
Meng Lv presented his poster on the ” The ECAL Reconstruction and Background Rejection Rate Estimation in Dark SHINE Project” at the Chinese Physics Society Fall Meeting 2020/2021. Due to the COVID situation, the poster was presented online. His poster was highlighted in the field theory and cosmology session … Read more News
Kim-Siang participated in the NuFact 2021 workshop and presented on behalf of the muEDM collaboration on the topic “Search for the muon electric dipole moment at PSI”. More information can be found here: https://indico.cern.ch/event/855372/. Proceeding for the workshop will appear soon.
Dr. Cheng Chen and Tianqi Hu presented their posters about Radiative Muon Decay and Muon EDM at the 13th National Particle Physics Conference at Qingdao. Due to the COVID situation, the posters were presented online.
Kim-Siang was the chair of the organizing committee for the Joint TDLI & INPAC Summer School in Particle Physics 2021 in the summer. It was a great success with over 20 lecturers from SJTU presenting frontier research areas in Standard model, beyond the standard model, dark matter, neutrino, … Read more News
Our group is recruiting two PhD students admission in year 2022 in the upcoming TDLI Summer Camp 2021. Inquiries about research projects and group culture are very welcome. For a quick impression about the group, please visit this video.
Kim-Siang talked about using the muon g-2 storage ring to search for radiative muon decay and measuring its branching ratio relative to the ordinary muon decay. Current data from Muon g-2 runs can be used as a demonstrator measurement for future dedicated experiments. For more information, please visit … Read more News
Kim-Siang was an invited guest at the first TDLI Career Planning Session. He shared his perspectives about how to choose a research topic, what are the most important points in a PhD journey, and the importance of not limiting one’s self when it comes to the research topic … Read more News
Kim-Siang Khaw gave a T.D. Lee Frontier Lecture and a Special Seminar about muon g-2. The first results from the Muon g-2 collaboration has generated lots of interests from the scientific community and the lecture + seminar series lasted for almost 4 hours in total.
After almost three years of analyzing the Run 1 data taken in Spring 2018, our collaboration has published the first results for the muon anomalous magnetic moment (muon g-2) in a series of Physical Review papers. Muon g-2 (Phys. Rev. Lett.): https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.141801 Magnetic Field Measurement (Phys. Rev. A): … Read more News
Kim-Siang led a discussion about the topic “Precision Measurements and Fundamental Physics” at the Friday TDLI Tea Time of the new semester in 2021. Measurements such as electron g-factor, muon g-2, electron mass, fine structure constant were discussed and generated a lot of interests from the audience.
Our 2nd workshop on Simulation and Analysis for Dark SHINE was successfully held at the TDLI! Lots of impressive presentations were made by the students ranging from software framework to detector design and event reconstructions.
Kim-Siang presented on behalf of the SJTU Collider Physics Group at the 上海物理学会粒子物理与核物理专委会及上海核学会核物理专委会暨2020年度联合学术交流会. It is a good start to 2021 to be able to meet so many experts in Particle and Nuclear Physics in a nice conference venue.
Kim-Siang reported progress of the group at the TDLI Annual Meeting 2020. Research activities have been hit hard by COVID19 but overall we have made progress in terms of team building (Postdoc, PhD, Master and Undergraduate Students), funding applications (won several grants), teaching activities (Thermal Physics, University Physics … Read more News
We have prepared a Muon g-2 poster for the Key Laboratory for Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology of Ministry of Education (粒子天体物理与宇宙学教育部重点实验室).
Kim-Siang talked about Muon g-2/EDM experiments and their requirements to future muon sources at the 2020 EMuS & MOMENT General Meeting. It is the first step in fostering collaborations between Chinese institutions in Muon Physics. For more information, please visit https://indico.ihep.ac.cn/event/13295.
Kim-Siang was invited to give a seminal talk on the progress of Fermilab Muon g-2 experiment. It was a good exchange between the teams in the world working on resolving the muon g-2 puzzle. For more details, please visit https://kds.kek.jp/event/36169/.
Kim-Siang presented the current status of Fermilab Muon g-2 experiment at the 8th All-Hands Meeting of the CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics (中国科学院粒子物理前沿卓越创新中心, 第八次全体会议) at IHEP. Due to COVID travel restriction, the talk was given via zoom. Details about the meeting can be found here: https://indico.ihep.ac.cn/event/12962/.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and active in team building are very important in ones scientific career. There is no better way than participating in the University’s Sports Day!
Kim-Siang Khaw has been awarded NSFC General Program (面上基金) and The NSFC Research Fund for International Young Scientists (外国青年学者研究基金) starting from Jan 2021. These funds are granted for precision muon physics experiments in muon anomalous magnetic moment and muon electric dipole moment.
The muCool collaboration that Kim-Siang has been part of since 2011 has published results demonstrating the transverse part of the muon-beam phase-space compression. This results have been highlighted as Editors’ suggestion in Phys. Rev. Lett. The paper can be found at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.164802.
On Feb 17, 2020, Kim-Siang presented “Overview of the muon EDM searches” at the Kick-off workshop for the search of a muon EDM using the frozen spin technique at PSI”. More information can be found here: https://indico.psi.ch/event/8339/.
Kim-Siang presented “Progress in Precision Muon Physics” at the 3rd workshop for “Physics at the high-intensity hadron accelerator in China” held from Dec 7-8, 2019 at the Chinese Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) in Dongguan. More information can be found here: https://indico.ihep.ac.cn/event/10779/.
On Dec 4, 2019, Kim-Siang presented a poster about Muon g-2 experiment at the faculty-student exchange sesssion (2020年“致远学者研究计划”师生交流会) at the Zhiyuan Innovative Research Center (ZIRC).
Kim-Siang gave an update about the Fermilab Muon g-2 experiment at the workshop on “New Developments of Muon Precision Physics” at KEK, Japan from Nov 27-28, 2019. More information can be found here: https://kds.kek.jp/event/32734/.