First measurement of the low-momentum negative-muon beam for the muon-to-electron conversion experiment at J-PARC
The COMET Phase-$\alpha$ experiment, the initial beam-operation stage of the COMET muon-to-electron conversion programme at J-PARC, took place in 2023 and marked the first beam operation at the COMET facility. It served to commission the delivery of a bunched, slow-extracted 8 GeV proton beam and the muon beamline. Its...