Searching for a muon electric dipole moment with the g-2 experiment at Fermilab

The Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab can be used to make a world-leading measurement of the muon's electric dipole moment (EDM), which is predicted by the Standard Model to be many orders of magnitude smaller than the current experimental reach. However, some BSM models predict different mass scaling, or decouple the EDM from the lepton masses altogether, allowing for much larger EDMs. Any observation of a muon EDM at Fermilab would therefore be both a discovery of new physics and a new source of CP violation in the lepton sector. Even if no EDM is observed, more precise measurements allow more stringent limits to be set, making this an excellent tool for new physics searches. This talk will discuss the methods used for an EDM search with the straw tracking detectors and show the latest progress and results of the analysis, which aims to improve on the current best limit by an order of magnitude.