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Negative muon capture in very light atoms

Haff, P. K. and Tombrello, T. A. (1974) Negative muon capture in very light atoms. Annals of Physics, 86 (1). pp. 178-192. ISSN 0003-4916. doi:10.1016/0003-4916(74)90435-7. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141103-090546031

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Abstract

The transition rates for unbound muons to be captured into atomic bound states are calculated as functions of (1) incident muon center-of-mass energy, (2) muon principal quantum number n, and (3) muon (final) angular momentum l, for the hydrogen, helium, and lithium atoms. These rates reflect differences in electron binding energies. At muon energies of several hundred electron volts, lithium K-shell electrons are more likely to be ejected than the L-shell electron, while this behavior is reversed for energies ≲ 10 eV. However, in each case when the capture rate is folded with a muon stopping power function, the result is that more than half of the unbound muons are absorbed above 75 eV. Implications for experiments which look at muon transfer processes are noted.


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Additional Information:© 1974 by Academic Press, Inc. Received January 14, 1974. Supported in part by the National Science Foundation Grant No. GP-28027.
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DOI:10.1016/0003-4916(74)90435-7
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Official Citation:P.K Haff, T.A Tombrello, Negative muon capture in very light atoms, Annals of Physics, Volume 86, Issue 1, July 1974, Pages 178-192, ISSN 0003-4916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-4916(74)90435-7. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0003491674904357)
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