Muon transfer from excited states of hydrogen and deuterium to nitrogen, neon, and argon
Abstract
Muon transfer from excited μp* and μd* atoms to the three gases nitrogen, neon, and argon is studied. Variations of the experimental conditions such as pressure and relative concentrations on the fractions αpZ and αdZ of excited state events in prompt muonic x rays are analyzed. The differences between excited-state transfer from μp* and μd* to N2, Ne, and Ar are discussed. For these elements, capture ratios A(H2,Z) and A(D2,Z) are given, from which an indirect value A(H2,D2) is deduced.
- Publication:
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Physical Review A
- Pub Date:
- March 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.57.1713
- Bibcode:
- 1998PhRvA..57.1713T
- Keywords:
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- 36.10.Dr;
- 34.70.+e;
- 82.30.Fi;
- Positronium muonium muonic atoms and molecules;
- Charge transfer;
- Ion-molecule ion-ion and charge-transfer reactions