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Myung-Jae Lee

Sungkyunkwan University · Physics and Astronomy

About the Lab

Professor Myung-Jae Lee's research focuses on precision measurements in particle physics, particularly in the search for new physics beyond the Standard Model. His work spans rare and forbidden decays, lepton flavor violation, and dark sector phenomenology, with key experiments including the Muon g-2 at Fermilab, B-meson decays at Belle, and the COMET experiment at J-PARC targeting neutrinoless muon-to-electron conversion. He also investigates dark photons as potential mediators between the dark and visible sectors, using data from the BABAR experiment. His research combines high-precision measurements with innovative detector and facility development to probe new physics at the frontier of flavor and electroweak symmetry breaking.

lepton flavor violationmuon g-2dark photonneutrinoless muon conversionrare decays

Research Overview

Papers
396
Total Citations
15,483
Papers (5y)
95
Primary Field
Physics and Astronomy

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
95total
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Citations per year (5y)
387total
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Selected Papers

15
1
Article|1,327 citations·2021
Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.46 ppm
B. Abi, T. Albahri, S. Al-Kilani, D. Allspach, L. P. Alonzi, A. Anastasi, A. V. Anisenkov, F. Azfar, K. Badgley, S. Baeßler, I. Bailey, V. A. Baranov
SJR Q1Physical Review LettersOA

We present the first results of the Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) Muon g -2 Experiment for the positive muon magnetic anomaly a g -2=2. The anomaly is determined from the precision measurements of two angular frequencies. Intensity variation of high-energy positrons from muon decays directly encodes the difference frequency a between the spin-precession and cyclotron frequencies for polarized muons in a magnetic storage ring. The storage ring magnetic field is measured using nu

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
2
Article|534 citations·2008
Observation of a Resonancelike Structure in theπ+−ψ′Mass Distribution in ExclusiveB→Kπ+−ψ′Decays
S.-K. Choi, S. L. Olsen, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, V. Aulchenko, T. Aushev, T. Aziz, A. M. Bakich, V. Balagura, I. Bedny, U. Bitenc, A. Bondar
SJR Q1Physical Review LettersOA

A distinct peak is observed in the pi +/- psi' invariant mass distribution near 4.43 GeV in B-->K pi +/- psi' decays. A fit using a Breit-Wigner resonance shape yields a peak mass and width of M=4433+/-4(stat)+/-2(syst) MeV and Gamma=45-13+18(stat)-13+30(syst) MeV. The product branching fraction is determined to be B(B 0-->K -/+Z+/-(4430)) x B(Z+/-(4430)-->pi+/-psi')=(4.1+/-1.0(stat)+/-1.4(syst)) x 10(-5), where Z+/-(4430) is used to denote the observed structure. The statistical significance of

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
3
Article|517 citations·2014
Search for a Dark Photon ine+e−Collisions atBaBar
J. P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand, E. Graugés, A. Palano, G. Eigen, B. Stugu, D. N. Brown, M. Feng, L. T. Kerth, Yu. G. Kolomensky, M. J. Lee
SJR Q1Physical Review LettersOA

Dark sectors charged under a new Abelian interaction have recently received much attention in the context of dark matter models. These models introduce a light new mediator, the so-called dark photon (A^{'}), connecting the dark sector to the standard model. We present a search for a dark photon in the reaction e^{+}e^{-}→γA^{'}, A^{'}→e^{+}e^{-}, μ^{+}μ^{-} using 514 fb^{-1} of data collected with the BABAR detector. We observe no statistically significant deviations from the standard model pre

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
4
Article|177 citations·2019
COMET Phase-I technical design report
R Abramishvili, G. Adamov, R.R. Akhmetshin, A. E. Allin, J. C. Angélique, V.M. Anishchik, M. Aoki, D. Aznabayev, I. Bagaturia, G. Ban, Y. Ban, D. Bauer
SJR Q1Progress of Theoretical and Experimental PhysicsOA

Abstract The Technical Design for the COMET Phase-I experiment is presented in this paper. COMET is an experiment at J-PARC, Japan, which will search for neutrinoless conversion of muons into electrons in the field of an aluminum nucleus ($\mu$–$e$ conversion, $\mu^{-}N \rightarrow e^{-}N$); a lepton flavor-violating process. The experimental sensitivity goal for this process in the Phase-I experiment is $3.1\times10^{-15}$, or 90% upper limit of a branching ratio of $7\times 10^{-15}$, which is

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
5
Article|53 citations·2014
Enhanced luminous efficiency of deep red emitting K2SiF6:Mn4+ phosphor dependent on KF ratio for warm-white LED
M.J. Lee, Y.H. Song, Young-Hyun Song, Gill Sang Han, Hyun Suk Jung, Dae Ho Yoon
SJR Q2Materials Letters
Materials ChemistryMaterials Science
6
Article|50 citations·2007
Intralaboratory Repeatability of Residual Stress Determined by the Slitting Method
M. J. Lee, Michael R. Hill
SJR Q2Experimental Mechanics
Mechanical EngineeringEngineering
7
Article|38 citations·2010
Measurement of the branching fractions and the invariant mass distributions forτ−→h−h+h−ντdecays
M. J. Lee, H. Aihara, K. Arinstein, V. Aulchenko, T. Aushev, A. M. Bakich, E. L. Barberio, A. Bay, K. Belous, V. Bhardwaj, M. Bischofberger, A. Bondar
Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmologyOA

We present a study of tau(-)->pi(-)pi(+)pi(-)nu(tau), tau(-) -> K-pi(+)pi(-)nu(tau), tau(-) -> K-K+ pi(-)nu(tau), and tau(-) -> K-K+K-nu(tau) decays using a 666 fb(-1) data sample collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric- energy e(+)e(-) collider at and near a center- of- mass energy of 10.58 GeV. The branching fractions are measured to be B(tau(-)->pi(-)pi(+)pi(-)nu(tau)) = (8.42 +/- 0.00(-0.25)(+0.26)) x 10(-2), B(tau(-)-> K-pi(+)pi(-)nu(tau)) = 3.30 +/- 0.01(

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
8
Article|24 citations·2015
Fabrication of phosphor ceramic plate using green-emitting Lu3Al5O12:Ce3+ phosphor for high power LEDs
M.J. Lee, S.H. Park, Young Hyun Song, Eunjeong Ji, Usama Bin Humayoun, D.B. Lee, Dae Ho Yoon
SJR Q2Materials Letters
Materials ChemistryMaterials Science
9
Article|24 citations·2018
COMET Muon Conversion Experiment in J-PARC
M. J. Lee
SJR Q2Frontiers in PhysicsOA

COMET is an experiment at J-PARC, Japan, which will search for neutrinoless conversion of muons into electrons in the field of a nucleus (μ− + N → e− + N); a lepton flavor violating process. The experimental sensitivity goal for this process is order of 10^−15 for Phase-I and 10^-17 for Phase-II experiment, which is a factor of 100 to 10,000 improvements correspondingly over existing limits. Recent progresses in facility and detector development are presented, along with COMET Phase-I and Phase-

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
10
Article|23 citations·2016
The Straw-tube Tracker for the Mu2e Experiment
M. J. Lee
SJR Q4Nuclear and Particle Physics ProceedingsOA

The Mu2e experiment will search for neutrinoless conversion of muons into electrons in the field of an aluminum nucleus. Precise and robust measurement of the outgoing electron momentum is an essential element to the experiment. We describe the design of a low mass tracking system to meet this requirement. We have chosen to use about 20,000 thin-walled Mylar straws held under tension to avoid the need for supports within the active volume. The electronics system enables the time-division techniq

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
11
Article|14 citations·2011
Radon Environment in the Korea Invisible Mass Search Experiment and Its Measurement
M. J. Lee, H. Bhang, Seung Cheon Kim, S.K. Kim, Sang‐Jun Lee, Jin Li, Seong Sook Myung, Y.D. Kim, H. J. Kim
SJR Q3Journal of the Korean Physical Society
Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologyHealth Professions
12
Article|6 citations·2022
Muon to Positron Conversion
M. J. Lee
MDPI (MDPI AG)OA

Lepton-flavor violation (LFV) has been discovered in the neutrino sector by neutrino oscillation experiments. The minimal extension of the Standard Model (SM) to include neutrino masses allows LFV in the charged sector (CLFV) at the loop level, but at rates that are too small to be experimentally observed. Lepton-number violation (LNV) is explicitly forbidden even in the minimally extended SM, so the observation of an LNV process would be unambiguous evidence of physics beyond the SM. The search

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
13
Article|3 citations·2024
Connected components of strata of residueless meromorphic differentials
M. J. Lee
SJR Q2Geometriae Dedicata
Mathematical PhysicsMathematics
14
Article|2 citations·2020
Hybrid Operational Concept with Chemical Detection UAV and Stand-off Chemical Detector for Toxic Chemical Cloud Detection
M. J. Lee, Eugene Chong, Young‐Su Jeong, Jae‐Hwan Lee, Hyunwoo Nam, Myung-Kyu Park
Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and TechnologyOA

Early-detection and monitoring of toxic chemical gas cloud with chemical detector is essential for reducing the number of casualties. Conventional method for chemical detection and reconnaissance has the limitation in approaching to chemically contaminated site and prompt understanding for the situation. Stand-off detector can detect and identify the chemical gas at a long distance but it cannot know exact distance and position. Chemical detection UAV is an emerging platform for its high mobilit

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
15
Article|1 citations·2018
COMET muon conversion experiment in J-PARC
M. J. Lee
OA

COMET is an experiment at J-PARC, Japan, which will search for neutrinoless conversion of muons into electrons in the field of a nucleus $(\mu^{-} + N \to e^- + N)$; a lepton flavor violating process. The experimental sensitivity goal for this process is of order $10^{15}$ for Phase-I and $10^{17}$ for Phase-II experiment, which is a factor of 100 to 10,000 improvements correspondingly over existing limits. Recent progress in facility and detector development are presented, along with COMET Phas

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy

Research Areas

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentElectrical and Electronic EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsBiomedical Engineering

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