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 		\begin{column}{0.28\paperwidth}% the right size for a 3-column layout
 			%--abstract block--------------------------------------------------------
 			\begin{alertblock}{Introduction}
-				Charged lepton flavor violation (CLFV) has attracted much attention
+				Charged lepton flavor violation (cLFV) has yet to be observed and is
-				from experimentalists and theorists in particle physics. The CLFV rates
+				known to be sensitive to new physics beyond the Standard Model (SM).
-				are predicted to be in the order of of O($10^{-54}$) in the Standard
+				Various extensions of the SM predicts that cLFV occurs at a detectable
-				Model. 
+				branching ratio. Therefore, from experimental point of view, it is
-				
+				attractive to search for cLFV with more powerful beams and better
-				Therefore, any observation of CLFV processes would be an
+				detection technologies.
-				unambiguous signal for physics beyond the Standard Model. The COMET is
+
-				an experiment that aims to search for a CLFV process of
+				Among the cLFV processes, $\mu-e$ conversion, a coherent neutrino-less
-				muon-to-electron conversion in the presence of a nucleus, \muec. Using
+				conversion of muon to electron in the presence of a nucleus: \muecaz,
-				the J-PARC proton beam and the pion capture by a solenoidal
+				is our interest. We have proposed a new search for $\mu -e$ conversion
-				field, COMET expects to have a sensitivity a factor of 10,000 times
+				at J-PARC, the E21 experiment - \textcolor{red}{COMET}(
-				that of the current limit. The COMET experiment has taken a phased
+				\textcolor{red}{COherent Muon to Electron Transition}). The single
-				approach in which the COMET Phase-I (first phase) will start its
+				event sensitivity (SES) of COMET will be $2.6\times10^{-17}$, which is
-				construction in 2013 and initial data taking in around 2016. Some more
+				10,000
-				details of COMET Phase-I and its related issues will be presented.
+				times better than that of the current experimental limit 
+				set by SINDRUM II at $7\times10^{-13}$.
+
 			\end{alertblock}
 
 			\begin{alertblock}{Staging approach of the COMET}
-				The proposed J-PARC mid-term plan includes the construction of the
+				In order to realize the COMET experiment, a two-stage approach has been
-				COMET beamline. This will provide the proton beamline for COMET and
+				taken. COMET Phase-I aims at an intermediate SES of $3\times10^{-15}$,
-				part of the muon beamline in the south area of the J-PARC Hadron
+				which is an improvement of a factor of 100 compares to SINDRUM II. In
-				Experimental Hall. We consider a staged approach for COMET: “COMET
+				addition, the COMET Phase-I will make direct measurement of the proton
-				Phase-I” and “COMET Phase-II”.
+				beam extinction and other potential background sources for the COMET
+				Phase-II experiment, using the actual COMET beamline. 
 
-				For the COMET Phase-I, we will construct the first 90 degrees of the
-				muon beamline so that a muon beam can be extracted to the experimental
-				area. Then, we will:
-
-				1) make a direct measurement of the proton beam extinction and other
-				potential back- ground sources for the COMET Phase-II ex- periment,
-				using the actual COMET beamline, and
-
-				2) carry out a search for e conversion with a singe-event
-				sensitivity (S.E.S.) of 3 1015, which is better than achieved
-				by SINDRUM-II.
-				After these measurements, the muon transport will be extended up
-				to 180 degrees for the COMET Phase-II. We will start the e
-				conversion search with S.E.S. of 3 1017 sensitivity with an
-				electron spectrometer and detectors
 				\begin{figure}[h!]
 					\begin{center}
-						\includegraphics[width=0.95\onecolwid]{figs/cometfull}
+						\includegraphics[width=0.95\onecolwid]{../figs/comet/comet_phase_1}
 					\end{center}
-					\caption{Schematic lay out of the COMET Phase I and COMET
+					\caption{Schematic layout of the COMET}
-					Phase II}
 					\label{fig:cometscheme}
 				\end{figure}
+				The COMET Phase-I funding has been approved. Experimental hall
+				construction and beam
+				line design are in progress, and expected to finish in 2015. The layout
+				of the COMET beam line at Hadron Hall, J-PARC is shown in the Fig.
+				\ref{fig:cometbeamline}. For the COMET Phase-I, we will
+				construct the first 90 degrees of the muon beamline before extracting
+				to the experimental area. Data taking is expected to start around 2016.
+
 				\begin{figure}[h!]
 					\begin{center}
-						\includegraphics[width=0.95\onecolwid]{figs/cometphase1}
+						\includegraphics[width=0.95\onecolwid]{../figs/comet/comet_beamline}
 					\end{center}
-					\caption{Schematic lay out of the COMET Phase I and COMET
+					\caption{COMET beam line at Hadron hall}
-					Phase II}
+					\label{fig:cometbeamline}
-					\label{fig:cometp1}
 				\end{figure}
-
 			\end{alertblock}
-
 		\end{column}
 		%===rightcolumn=================================================================
 		% here the the middle and right column are put into one big column, this allows
 		% to change between 2 and 3 column style
 		\begin{column}{0.60\paperwidth} %thats the big right column
-			\begin{block}{The new measurement of charged particles emission
+			%\begin{block}{}
-				from muon capture}
-				\begin{itemize}
-					\item A joint collaboration between COMET and Mu2e
-					\item Goals of the experiment:
-						\begin{itemize}
-							\item[$\bullet$] measure \textcolor{red}{rate and energy
-								spectra} of the charged
-								particles (p, d, $\alpha$) emitted after muon capture on
-								some targets: 
-								\begin{itemize}
-									\item [-] Al: default target of COMET and Mu2e
-									\item [-] Ti: possible target for future $\mu-e$
-										conversion experiments
-									\item [-] Si: active target, for cross-checking against
-										previous experiment, and studying the energy loss of
-										charged particles inside the targets
-								\end{itemize}
-							\item[$\bullet$] required precision: \textcolor{red}{5\%} 
-								for both the rate and the
-								energy spectra in  the range from 2.5 $-$ 12 MeV
-						\end{itemize}
-					\item Will be conducted at TRIUMF (Canada) and PSI
-						(Switzerland).  
-				\end{itemize}
-			\end{block}
-			\vskip1ex
-			% Methods
-			\begin{block}{Methods}
-				\begin{figure}[]
-					\includegraphics[width=0.95\twocolwid]{figs/setupa}
-					\caption{Experimental setup: schematic view (left) and image (right)}
-					\label{fig:setup}
-				\end{figure}
-				\begin{minipage}[t]{\onecolwid}
-					\begin{itemize}
-						\item Low momentum muon beam: to ensure a high rate of stopped
-							muons, and a well determined range of muons in the targets. A
-							cloud muon of 30 $-$ 34 MeV/c from a surface muon channel is
-							optimal.
-						\item The charged particles are measured by dE/dx method
-							by two pairs of silicon detectors. Active area of each silicon
-							detector is 5$\times$5 cm$^2$, the dE detectors are 65 $\mu m$
-							thick, and the E detectors are 1500 $\mu m$ thick.
-					\end{itemize}
-				\end{minipage} % Do not put another blank line after this line because
-				%that will mess up the alignment of the two minipages
-				\begin{minipage}[t]{\onecolwid} 
-					\begin{itemize}
-						\item Muon normalization: muonic X-ray measurement by a germanium
-							detector.
-						\item Correction for energy loss of charged particles in the
-							targets: using a response function obtained from the use of the
-							active silicon target, where the energy loss can be measured. A
-							waveform digitizer will be used to readout signals from the
-							active target.
-					\end{itemize}
-				\end{minipage}
-			\end{block}
-			\vskip2ex
 			%===two right columns===========================================================
 			% we have to give the total width for the column wich is equal to the sum of
 			% two colums and the space between them, this is needed to make shure the two
 			% cols take all the space of the 'mother' column 
-			\begin{columns}[t,totalwidth=0.60\paperwidth]
+			%\begin{columns}[t,totalwidth=0.60\paperwidth]
-				% and then we put in two normal sized columns
+			% and then we put in two normal sized columns
-				\begin{column}{0.28\paperwidth}
+			\begin{column}{0.28\paperwidth}
-					%--the Left block-----------------------------------------------------------
+				\begin{alertblock}{Proton beam}
-					\begin{block}{Calculations}
+					COMET Phase-I will use an 8 GeV, 1 $\mu$A, slowly extracted proton beam
-						\begin{itemize}
+					from the J-PARC main ring (MR). One option for the bunch structure of
-							\item Using Geant4, with assumptions:
+					the proton beam is shown in Fig \ref{fig:pbeam}.
-								\begin{itemize}
+					\begin{figure}[]
-									\item [$\bullet$] Muon momentum 30 MeV/c, momentum spread 5\%.
+						\includegraphics[width=0.75\onecolwid]{../figs/comet/comet_pbeam_config}
-									\item [$\bullet$] Muon intensity: 10$^4$ muons/sec. 
+						\caption{COMET proton beam acceleration bunch configuration}
-									\item [$\bullet$] Proton emission rate is 0.15 per muon capture,
+						\label{fig:pbeam}
-										the same value as that is being used in COMET designing
+					\end{figure}
-										calculations
+				\end{alertblock}
-									\item [$\bullet$] Energy resolution (FWHM) of silicon detectors
+
-										are: 140 keV for the 65 $\mu m$-thick detectors, and 40 keV for
+				%--the Left block-----------------------------------------------------------
-										the 140 $\mu m$-thick detectors.
+				\begin{alertblock}{Pion and muon transportation beam}
-									\item [$\bullet$] Thickness of the beam counter scintillator: 0.5 mm
+					\begin{figure}[]
-								\end{itemize}
+						\includegraphics[width=0.95\onecolwid]{../figs/comet/comet_p1_det_bg}
-							\item Simulation results of particle identification and rate
+						\caption{COMET proton beam acceleration bunch configuration}
-								estimation is shown in Figure \ref{fig:dEdx} and Table
+						\label{fig:bg_det}
-								\ref{tb:rates}.
+					\end{figure}
-						\end{itemize}
+				\end{alertblock}
-						\vskip2ex
+				%\end{block}
-						\begin{figure}[]
+				\vskip1ex
-							\includegraphics[width=0.95\onecolwid]{figs/dEdx}
+				% Methods
-							\caption{Particle identification with two silicon detectors}
+				\vskip2ex
-							\label{fig:dEdx}
+			\end{column}
-						\end{figure}
+			%--the Right block--------------------------------------------------------------
+			\begin{column}{\onecolwid}
+				\begin{alertblock}{Detectors for COMET Phase I}
+				\end{alertblock}
+				\vskip2ex
+				\begin{alertblock}{}
+					\begin{figure}[]
+						\includegraphics[width=0.95\onecolwid]{../figs/comet/comet_p1_det_bg}
+						\caption{COMET proton beam acceleration bunch configuration}
+						\label{fig:phys_det}
+					\end{figure}
+				\end{alertblock}
+				\vskip2ex
+				\begin{block}{References}
+					\small{\begin{thebibliography}{99}
+							%\bibitem{cdr} The COMET Collaboration, ``Conceptual Design Report for
+							%Experimental Search for Lepton Flavor Violating $\mu^--e^-$ 
+							%Conversion at
+							%Sensitivity of $10^{-16}$ with a Slow-Extracted Bunched Proton Beam
+							%(COMET)'', KEK-2009-10 
+							\bibitem{loi} The COMET Collaboration, ``Letter of Intent for Phase-I
+								of the COMET Experiment at J-PARC'', J-PARC-2012-3
+						\end{thebibliography}}
 					\end{block}
 				\end{column}
-				%--the Right block--------------------------------------------------------------
+				\begin{figure}[h!]
-				\begin{column}{\onecolwid}
+					\begin{center}
-					\begin{alertblock}{Proton beam}
+						\includegraphics[width=0.95\twocolwid]{../figs/comet/comet_phase1_tracker.pdf}
-					\end{alertblock}
+					\end{center}
-					\vskip2ex
+					\caption{Schematic lay out of the COMET Phase I}
-					\begin{block}{Plan}
+					\label{fig:phase1}
-						\begin{itemize}
+				\end{figure}
-							\item July 2012: submitted the proposal to TRIUMF as experiment
+				%\end{columns}
-								S1371, requested 36 shifts (3 weeks) beam time
-							\item September 2012: the proposal was accepted with high priority
-							\item Late November 2012: beam test
-							\item Early 2013: physics run, 36 shifts
-							\item A proposal will be submitted to PSI
-						\end{itemize}
-					\end{block}
-					\vskip2ex
-					\begin{block}{References}
-						\small{\begin{thebibliography}{99}
-								%\bibitem{cdr} The COMET Collaboration, ``Conceptual Design Report for
-								%Experimental Search for Lepton Flavor Violating $\mu^--e^-$ 
-								%Conversion at
-								%Sensitivity of $10^{-16}$ with a Slow-Extracted Bunched Proton Beam
-								%(COMET)'', KEK-2009-10 
-								\bibitem{loi} The COMET Collaboration, ``Letter of Intent for Phase-I
-									of the COMET Experiment at J-PARC'', J-PARC-2012-3
-								\bibitem{sidata}  S. E. Sobottka and E. L. Wills, ``Energy Spectrum
-									of Charged Particles Emitted Following Muon Capture in Si$^{28}$'',
-									Phys. Rev. Lett.  \textbf{20} (1968) 596-598.
-							\end{thebibliography}}
-						\end{block}
-					\end{column}
-				\end{columns}
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EDIT2013poster/poster.tex

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 \newcommand{\muenn}{$\mu \rightarrow e \nu \overline{\nu}$~}
 \newcommand{\muenng}{$\mu \rightarrow e \nu \overline{\nu} \gamma$~}
 \newcommand{\muec}{$\mu^{-} N \rightarrow e^{-} N$~}
+\newcommand{\muecaz}{$\mu^{-} + N(A,Z) \rightarrow e^{-} + N(A,Z)$~}
 
 \begin{document}
 \include{contents}