TWIST Technote 63

TWIST Physics Motivation

Nate Rodning, Marth 2002

I am posting a discussion paper on the physics motivation for TWIST.

I am particularly interested in an observable refered to as Q^mu_R, which gives TWIST model-independent sensitivity to right-handed couplings to the muon. Our sensitivity to left/right symmetric models is also discussed, both for a preliminary measurement at 0.1% and for anticipated final precision.

I would appreciate any comments. I'm considering putting this up onto some preprint server as it may help to promote interest in TWIST. The figures, in particular the exclusion plots, will be more readable in color. I decided to put off that work until after I get some feedback, so please bear with me!