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Popular Articles

• Twist Tests the Standard Model
  
  • CERN Courier, Vol. 45, No. 4 (2005)

• TRIUMF Testing the Standard Model in Muon Decay
  
  • TRIUMF Newsletter, Vol 3, No. 1 (April 2005)

Journal Articles

• Longitudinal muon spin relaxation in high-purity aluminum and silver
  [PDF]
  • J.Bueno et al., Phys. Rev. B.83 (2011)205121.
  • arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.4826

• Precise Measurement of parity violation in polarized muon decay
  [PDF]
  • J.Bueno et al., Phys. Rev. D.84 (2011)032005.
  • arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.3632

• New Experimental Constraints for the Standard Model from Muon Decay
  [PDF]
  • R.Bayes et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.106 (2011)041804.
  • arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.4998

• Calibration of the TWIST high-precision drift chambers
  [PDF]
  • A.Grossheim et al.,NIM A 623 (2010) pp. 954-959
  • arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.5185

• Decay of negative muons bound in Al27
  [PDF]
  • A.Grossheim et al., Phys. Rev. D 80, 052012 (2009).
  • arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.4270v2

• Precision measurement of the muon decay parameters rho and delta
  [1.4 MB PDF]
  • R.P.MacDonald et al., Phys. Rev. D 78, 032010 (2008).
  • arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.1125v3

• Measurement of P_mu_xi in Polarized Muon Decay
  [680 kB PDF]
  • B.Jamieson et al., Phys. Rev. D 74, 072007 (2006).
  • arXiv preprint physics/0605100
  • TRIUMF preprint TRI-PP-06-06

• Time expansion chamber system for characterization of TWIST low-energy muon beams
  [640 kB PDF]
  • J. Hu et al., Nuclear Instruments and Methods A566 (2006) 563-574
  • arXiv preprint physics/0604107
  • TRIUMF preprint TRI-PP-06-04

• Measurement of the Muon Decay Parameter δ
  [156 kB PDF]
  • A. Gaponenko et al., Physical Review D 71, 071101(R) (2005)
  • arXiv preprint hep-ex/0410045
  • TRIUMF preprint TRI-PP-04-22

• Measurement of the Michel Parameter ρ in Muon Decay
  [180 kB PDF, 304 kB PS]
  • J.R. Musser et al., Physical Review Letters 94, 101805 (2005)
  • arXiv preprint hep-ex/0409063
  • TRIUMF preprint TRI-PP-04-21

• Precision planar drift chambers and cradle for the TWIST muon decay spectrometer
  [1.6 MB PDF]
  • R.S. Henderson et al., Nuclear Instruments and Methods A548 (2005) 306-335
  • arXiv preprint hep-ex/0409066
  • TRIUMF preprint TRI-PP-04-20

• Drift chambers for a precision measurement of the Michel parameters in muon decay
  [109 kB pdf]
  • Yu. Davydov et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 61, 68-70, 2001.

Theses

PhD

• Ryan Bayes (2010), Measurement of the decay parameter rho and a search for non-Standard Model decays in the muon decay spectrum
• James Bueno (2010), A direct measurement of Pmu Xi from muon decay
• Anthony Hillairet (2010),
• Robert MacDonald (2008), A Precision Measurement of the Muon Decay Parameters Rho and Delta
• Blair Jamieson (2005), Measurement of the Muon Decay Asymmetry Parameter
• James Raymond Musser (2005), Measurement of the Michel Parameter Rho in Muon Decay
• Andrei Gaponenko (2005), A Precision Measurement of the Muon Decay Parameter Delta

MSc

• Ryan Bayes (2005), A Search for Exotic Muon Decays in the TWIST Muon Decay Spectrum [.pdf]
• Robert MacDonald (2001), Examination and Removal of Backgrounds for TWIST at TRIUMF [.ps.gz]
• Farhana Sobratee (2000), M11 at TRIUMF, Another Surface Muon Source

Proceedings

• Results of the TWIST Blind Analysis
  [ pdf]
  • G.Marshall et al. Presented at "Rencontres de Moriond EW 2010", Conference Proceedings, La Thuile,Italy, March 6 - 13, 2010

• TWIST: Precision Measurement of Muon Decay Parameters
  [ pdf]
  • R.Mischke et al. Presented at " International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC 2010)", Conference Proceedings,Vancouver,July 4 - 9, 2010

• Blind analysis results of the TWIST experiment
  [ pdf]
  • A.Hillairet et al. Presented at " Lake Louise Winter institute 2010", Conference Proceedings,, Lake Louise, Feb.15-20, 2010

• Muon Decay Analysis with TWIST
  [ pdf]
  • G.Marshall et al. Presented at " International Workshop on Neutrino Factories 2009", AIP Conference Proceedings 1222,.July 20-25,2009 Chicago, U.S.A. p.378-382

• TWIST Results
  [ pdf]
  • J.Bueno et al. Presented at " Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics (CIPANP 2009)", Proceedings of the Conference,May 26-31, 2009, San Diego, U.S.A.

• Theoretical Implications of the TWIST Experimental Results
  [ pdf]
  • A.Hillairet et al. Presented at " Symposium on Symmetries in Subatomic Physics (sssP2009) ", Proceedings of the Conference,June 2-5, 2009, Taiwan

• Tests of the Standard Model with TWIST
  [ pdf]
  • Y.Davydov et al. Presented at "New Trends in High-Energy Physics", Proceedings of the Conference, Yalta(Crimea, Ukraine), September 15-22, 2007, eds. P.N. Bogolyubov, L.L. Jenkovszky and V.K. Magas, Kiev(2007), p.51-57.

• High Precision Measurements of Muon Decay at TWIST
  [ ps]
  • J.Hu et al. Presented at PANIC 2005, Sante Fe, NM, October 2005. AIP 842(2005)900-902.

• New Measurements of Muon Decay from TWIST
  [ pdf]
  • G.Marshall et al. Proceedings of EXA05, International Conference on Exotic Atoms and Related Topics, Vienna, 21-25 February, 2005, eds. A. Hirtl, J. Marton, E. Widmann, and J. Zmeskal, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Vienna (2005) 269-278.

• TWIST presentation at DAPHNE 2004
  [ pdf]
  • D.Gill et al. Daphne 2004: Proceedings of Physics at Meson Factories, June 2004.

• The TWIST Data Acquisition System at TRIUMF
  [820 kB PDF]
  • Renee Poutissou, Pierre-Andre Amaudruz, Andrei Gaponenko, Peter Green, Konstantin Olchanski, and Art Olin. Presented at the 13th IEEE-NPSS Real Time Conference 2003, Montreal, QC, May 2003.
  • TRIUMF preprint TRI-PP-04-16

• TWIST: Measuring the Space-Time Structure of Muon Decay
  [832 kB pdf, 1009 kB ps]
  • C.A. Gagliardi et al. Presented at CIPANP 2003, New York, NY, May 2003.

• The TWIST Experiment (TRIUMF Weak Interaction Symmetry Test)
  [190 kB pdf, 192 kB ps]
  • J.-M. Poutissou et al. Presented at PANIC 2002. Published in Nucl. Phys. A721, 465c-468c (2003).

• TWIST - The TRIUMF Weak Interaction Symmetry Test; The Michel parameters from mu+ decay
  [4.8 MB ps]
  • N.L Rodning et al. Presented at Tau 2000, Victoria, BC, September 2000. Published in Nucl. Phys. B Proc. Suppl. 98, 247-254 (2001).

• "A Precision Measurement of Muon Decay"
  [638 kB ps]
  • M.A. Quraan et al. Presented at APS 2000.

• Drift chambers for a precision measurement of the Michel parameters in muon decay
  [700 kB ps]
  • Yu. Davydov et al. Presented at PISA 2000.

• A Precision Measurement of Muon Decay
  [545 kB ps]
  • M.A. Quraan et al. Presented at PANIC 1999; published in Nucl. Phys. A663&664, 903c-906c (2000).

• Experiment E614 at TRIUMF: A Close Look at Muon Decay
  [563 kB ps]
  • N.L Rodning et al. Presented at the 1999 Lake Louise Winter Institute, February 1999.

Presentations

• The final Measurement of the Muon Decay Paramters from the TWIST Experiment
  [pdf],
  • Presented by Ryan Bayes at NuFact 2011 Geneva

• Muon Decay Parameters from TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by A.Olin at PANIC 2011 Cambridge, U.S.A.

• Muon Decay Parameters from TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by Glen Marshall at CAP Congress 2011 St.Johns, Newfoundland

• Inclusive Limits on Two Body Muon Decays from TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by A.Olin at CAP Congress 2011 St.Johns, Newfoundland

• The TRIUMF Weak Interaction Symmetry Test
  [pdf],
  • Presented by Glen Marshall at LEAP 2011 Vancouver

• The Final Measurement of the Muon Decay Parameters from the TWIST Experiment
  [pdf],
  • Presented by Ryan Bayes at IOP-NPPD 2011 Glasgow

• Muon Decay Parameters from TWIST: Results and Limiting systematic Uncertainties
  [pdf],
  • Presented by Dick Mischke at APS April 2011 Anaheim, California

• Muon Decay Parameters from TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by Glen Marshall at Lake Louise Winter Institute 2011 Lake Louise, Alberta

• Final Results for the Muon Decay Parameters from TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by Glen Marshall at PSI Fundamental Symmetries Workshop 2011 Paul Scherer Institute, Switzerland

• Results of the TWIST Blind Analysis
  [pdf],
  • Presented by G.Marshall at Moriond EW 2010 2010 La Thuile, Italy

• Results of the TRIUMF Weak Interaction Symmetry Test
  [pdf],
  • Presented by A.Olin at CAP Congress 2010 2010 Toronto

• TWIST: Precision Measurements of Muon Decay Parameters
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.Mischke at International Nuclear Physics Conference 2010 Vancouver

• A two Body Decay search in the TWIST Spectrum
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.Bayes at Fundamental Symmetries Workshop 2010 2010 Vancouver

• Final Results from the TWIST Experiment
  [pdf],
  • Presented by A.Hillairet at Lake Louise Winter Institute 2010 2010 Lake Louise, Alberta

• Final Results from TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by J.Bueno at WNPPC 2010 2010 Banff, Alberta

• A precision muon Decay Measurement by TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.MacDonald at WNPPC 2010 2010 Banff, Alberta

• A Two Body Decay Search in the TWIST Spectrum
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.Bayes at WNPPC 2010 2010 Banff, Alberta

• Final Results on Muon Decay from TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by C.Gagliardi at APS Spring Meeting 2010 2010 Washington, D.C., U.S.A..

• The TWIST Experiment at TRIUMF: A Status Report
  [pdf],
  • Presented by J.-M.Poutissou at 3rd Joint Meeting of the APS and PSoJ, Hawaii09 2009 Chicago, U.S.A..

• TWIST muon decay analysis
  [pdf],
  • Presented by G.Marshall at Neutrino Factory 2009 2009 Chicago, U.S.A..

• Approaching Final Results of TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.Bayes at CAP Congress (CAP 2009) 2009 Moncton.

• Theoretical Implications of TWIST Experimental Results
  [pdf],
  • Presented by A.Hillairet at Symposium on Symmetries in Subatomic Physics (sssP2009) 2009 Taiwan.

• TWIST Results
  [ pdf],
  • Presented by J.Bueno at Intersections (CIPANP 2009) 2009 San Diego.

• Muon Decay Asymmetry and the Standard Model
  [pdf],
  • Presented by J.Bueno at Northwest section of APS 2009 Vancouver.

• Polarized Muon Decay Asymmetry Measurement, Status and challenges
  [pdf],
  • Presented by G.Marshall at INT08, 2008 Seattle.

• Latest Results on rho and Delta from Muon Decay
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.E.Tribble at INT08, 2008 Seattle.

• New Results from TWIST: Probing the Weak Interaction with Muon Decay
  [pdf],
  • Presented by A.Olin at Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC08), 2008 Israel.

• Theory Implications of the TWIST Experimental Results
  [pdf],
  • Presented by A.Hillairet at Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC08), 2008 Israel.

• Longitudinal muon spin relaxation in Al and Ag
  [pdf],
  • Presented by J.Bueno at MuSR 2008, 2008 Japan.

• Precision Measurement of the Muon Decay Parameters
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.Mischke at ICHEP08, 2008.

• TWIST Muon Decay
  [open office presentation],
  • Presented by A.Grossheim at Nufact08, 2008, Spain.

• A Muon Decay Spectrum Measurement from TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.Bayes at CAP Congress 2008, Jun., 2008, Saskatoon.

• Progress on the final TWIST measurement of P_mu_xi
  [pdf],
  • Presented by J.Bueno at WNPPC08, Feb., 2008, Banff.

• Results of a new muon decay measurement by TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.P.MacDonald at WNPPC08, Feb., 2008, Banff.

• Results of a new muon decay measurement by TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.P.MacDonald at TRIUMF, Nov. 15, 2007, Vancouver.

• Latest Results on Muon Decay from TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.Tribble at DNP Oct.10-13, 2007, Newport News.

• Measurement of the Muon Decay Parameters with TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by A.Hillairet at CAM2007 Montreal, August, 2007.

• Measurement of the Muon Decay Spectrum with TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.P.MacDonald at CAP 2007 Congress .

• The TWIST Experiment: Testing the Standard Model
  [pdf],
  • Presented by G.Marshall at Muon Catalized Fusion 2007 Dubna .

• Probing the weak Interaction Spacetime Structure with Muon Decay
  [pdf],
  • Presented by A.Olin at Internation Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference 2007 .

• The final TWIST Measurement of P_mu_xi
  [pdf],
  • Presented by J.Bueno at Winter Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference 2007.

• Measurement of the muon decay parameters with TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by A.Hillairet at Winter Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference 2007 .

• The search for lepton flavour violating decays in TWIST
  [pdf],
  • Presented by R.Bayes at Winter Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference 2007 .

• Exploring Muon Decay with TWIST
  [PPT],
  • Presented by Carl Gagliardi at the Joint Meeting of the Pacific Region Particle Physics Communities.

• Significance of the TRIUMF Weak Interaction Symmetry Test
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Andrei Gaponenko at APS DNP 2006.

• Measurement of P_mu_xi in Polarized Muon Decay
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Blair Jamieson, Art Olin at CAP Congress 2006.

• Measuring Muon Decay with TWIST
  [PDF, PPT]
  • Presented by Glen Marshall at Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics 2006.

• Alignment of TWIST Experimental Components
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Anthony Hillairet at Winter Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference 2006.

• Direct Measurement of P_mu_xi
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Jingliang Hu at Winter Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference 2006.

• Energy Calibration for the TWIST Muon Decay Spectrum
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Ryan Bayes at Winter Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference 2006.

• TWIST presentation at TRIUMF Users AGM 2005
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Blair Jamieson at TRIUMF Users Group AGM 2005.

• High Precision Measurment of Muon Decay at TWIST
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Jinliang Hu at Particles and Nuclei Conference 2005.

• Precision Measurement of P_mu_xi
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Blair Jamieson at Particles and Nuclei Conference 2005.

• Towards Higher Precision Measurements of Muon Decay Parameters
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Dick Mischke at JPS 2005.

• TRIUMF Muon Decay Asymmetry Measurement
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Mike Hasinoff at JPS 2005.

• A Search for Rare Decays with TWIST
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Ryan Bayes at CAP Conference 2005.

• Status of the Muon Decay Asymmetry
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Blair Jamieson at CAP Conference 2005.

• Evaluation and Simulation of the Response function in TWIST
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Rob Macdonald at CAP Conference 2005.

• First Results on Muon Decay from TWIST
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Maher Quraan at CAP Conference 2005.

• A search for Rare Decays in TWIST
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Ryan Bayes at APS North West Conference 2005.

• Status of the TWIST Measurement of P_mu_xi
  [Zipped PS ],
  • Presented by Blair Jamieson at APS Conference 2005.

• First TWIST Results
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Jim Musser at APS Conference 2005.

• First Results from TWIST
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Glen Marshall at Exotic Atoms Conference 2005.

• First Results from TWIST
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Glen Marshall at WRNPPC 2005.

• Status of the Search for Rare Decays in TWIST
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Ryan Bayes at WRNPPC 2005.

• TWIST presentation at WRNNPC 2005
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Blair Jamieson at WRNPPC 2005.

• TWIST presentation at DAPHNE 2004
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Dave Gill at DAPHNE 2004.

• TWIST presentation at 2004 CAP
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Konstantin Olchanski at CAP 2004.

• TWIST presentation at 2004 CAP
  [PDF],
  • Presented by Maher Quraan at CAP 2004.

• TWIST: The TRIUMF Weak Interaction Symmetry Test
  [5.3MB PDF, 3.2MB PPT]
  • Presented by Donald Koetke at "From Zero to Z0" Workshop, FNAL, 2004.

• Using the WestGrid Glacier cluster to untangle TWIST
  [644 kB PDF],
  • Presented by Renee Poutissou at BCNET Advanced Networks Conference 2004.

• Estimating P_μ for the TWIST measurement of P_μξ
  [1.12 MB PDF],
  • Presented by Blair Jamieson at Lake Louise Winter Institute (LLWI) 2004.

• Precision Measurement of the Muon Decay Spectrum
  [1.65 MB PDF]
  • Presented by Robert MacDonald at Lake Louise Winter Institute (LLWI) 2004.

• Status of the TWIST Measurement of P_μ&xi and Systematics
  [960 KB PDF],
  • Presented by Blair Jamieson at Western Regional Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference (WRNPPC) 2004.

• Validating the Simulation and Response Function in TWIST
  [903 KB PDF]
  • Presented by Robert MacDonald at Western Regional Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference (WRNPPC) 2004.

• Precision Measurement of Muon Decay
  [2.1 MB PDF],
  • Presented by Art Olin at Western Regional Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference (WRNPPC) 2004.

• TRIUMF Weak Interaction Symmetry Test (TWIST)
  [220 KB PDF]
  • Presented by Jim Musser at APS-DNP 2003 Fall Meeting.

• Blind Analysis in TWIST
  [795 KB PDF],
  • Presented by Andrei Gaponenko at APS-DNP 2003 Fall Meeting.

• First Data from the TWIST Experiment
  [3.4 MB PDF, 2.7 MB PS.GZ, 14.4 MB PS]
  • Presented by Glen Marshall at 2003 CAP Congress.

• TWIST: A Precise Measurement of Muon Decay at TRIUMF
  [3.0 MB PDF, 5.4 MB PPD, 5.3 MB OpenOffice]
  • Presented by Peter Kitching at NuFact03.

• TWIST: Measuring the Space-Time Structure of Muon Decay
  [1.7MB PDF, 7.9MB PPD]
  • Presented by Carl Gagliardi at CIPANP 2003.

• Extraction of the Michel parameter, rho, of normal muon decay
  [300kB PDF]
  • Presented by Jim Musser at WRNPPC 2003.

• Geant Validation via Positrons
  [480kB PDF]
  • Presented by Robert MacDonald at WRNPPC 2003.

• Event Classification with TWIST
  [140kB PDF],
  • Presented by Blair Jamieson at WRNPPC 2003.

• Introduction to TWIST
  [2MB PDF, 19 MB PS.GZ]
  • Presented by Andrei Gaponenko at WRNPPC 2003.

• Positron Energy Calibration in the TWIST Experiment
  [270 KB PDF]
  • Presented by Andrei Gaponenko at WRNPPC 2002.

• TWIST, a Precision Measurement of Muon Decay
  [23 MB PDF]
  • Presented by Nate Rodning at LEPEM 2002.

• TWIST, the TRIUMF Weak Interaction Symmetry Test
  [4.2 MB PDF]
  • Presented by Nate Rodning at Lake Louise Winter Institute (Lake Louise, AB, February 2001).

• TWIST, the TRIUMF Weak Interaction Symmetry Test
  [1.2 MB PDF]
  • Presented by Nate Rodning at Tau 2000 (Victoria, BC, September 2000).

Style & Notation Guides

• PRD Style & Notation Guide [259KB PDF]
• AIP Style Manual [html]

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