TRANSFER OF NEGATIVE MUONS FROM HYDROGEN TO OXYGEN

Authors
WERTHMULLER A ADAMCZAK A JACOTGUILLARMOD R MULHAUSER F PILLER C SCHALLER LA SCHELLENBERG L SCHNEUWLY H THALMANN YA TRESCH S
Citation
A. Werthmuller et al., TRANSFER OF NEGATIVE MUONS FROM HYDROGEN TO OXYGEN, Hyperfine interactions, 103(1-4), 1996, pp. 147-155
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical","Physics, Nuclear","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Hyperfine interactions → ACNP
ISSN journal
03043843
Volume
103
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
147 - 155
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-3843(1996)103:1-4<147:TONMFH>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Negative muons were trapped in gaseous mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen . The time distributions of the muonic oxygen X-rays showed a clear de viation from a single exponential structure. From these time distribut ions we evaluated the transfer rate from thermalized muonic hydrogen a toms to oxygen. In order to test the hypothesis of an energy-dependent transfer rate to oxygen we performed Monte Carlo simulations of the t hermalization and the transfer process. We report on the present statu s of our investigations.