ELECTRIC-FIELD DEPENDENCE OF MUONIUM FORMATION IN LIQUID-HELIUM

Authors
KRASNOPEROV E MEILIKHOV EE ESCHENKO D HERLACH D MORENZONI E ZIMMERMANN U GYGAX FN SCHENCK A
Citation
E. Krasnoperov et al., ELECTRIC-FIELD DEPENDENCE OF MUONIUM FORMATION IN LIQUID-HELIUM, Hyperfine interactions, 87(1-4), 1994, pp. 1011-1016
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical","Physics, Nuclear","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Hyperfine interactions → ACNP
ISSN journal
03043843
Volume
87
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1011 - 1016
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-3843(1994)87:1-4<1011:EDOMFI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The influence of electric fields on the formation of muonium in liquid helium (He-4, He-3, and mixture of He-4 + 0.2% He-3) has been studied . It was found that the relative distribution of muon-electron pairs i s anisotropic. The maximum muon density is shifted with respect to the electrons in the direction of the initial muon momentum. Due to the a nisotropy the muonium asymmetry in normal liquid helium is enhanced by a factor of 3 in an electric field E = 1 kV/cm.