Fermilab, Batavia, USA
The goal of the Mu2e experiment at Fermilab will be the search for the conversion of a muon into an electron in the field of a nucleus, with a precision roughly four orders of magnitude better than the current limit. The experiment requires a beam consisting of short (~200 ns FW) bunches of protons are separated by roughly 1.5 microseconds. Because the most significant backgrounds are prompt with respect to the arrival of the protons, out of time beam must be suppressed at a level of at least 10-10 relative to in time beam. The removal of out of time beam is known as "extinction". This talk will discuss the likely sources of out of time beam and the steps we plan to take to remove it. In addition, the plan for monitoring the extinction level will be presented.
