Eur. Phys. J. C (2020) 80: 591
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8138-9

Review

Theory for muon-electron scattering @ 10 ppm

A report of the MUonE theory initiative

¹ Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
² INFN, Sezione di Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy
³ LAPTh, CNRS, 74940, Annecy, France
⁴ INFN, Sezione di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy
⁵ Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
⁶ TTP, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
⁷ Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, University of Padua, 35131, Padua, Italy
⁸ INFN, Sezione di Padova, 35131, Padua, Italy
⁹ Dipartimento di Fisica, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy
¹⁰ Physics Department, New York City College of Technology, The City University of New York, Brooklyn, 11201, NY, USA
¹¹ IFIC, University of Valencia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 46980, Valencia, Spain
¹² Università di Parma, 43121, Parma, Italy
¹³ INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, 20126, Milan, Italy
¹⁴ INFN, Sezione di Pisa, 56127, Pisa, Italy

^* e-mail: adrian.signer@psi.ch

Received: 27 April 2020
Accepted: 10 June 2020
Published online: 29 June 2020

Abstract

We review the current status of the theory predictions for elastic -e scattering, describing the recent activities and future plans of the theory initiative related to the proposed MUonE experiment.