Muon transfer from hydrogen and deuterium atoms to neon
- Institut de Physique, Universite de Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg (Switzerland)
The muon exchange reactions from the ground state of muonic protium and deuterium atoms to neon are studied. Measurements have been performed in binary gas mixtures at room temperature. The transfer rate from thermalized muonic deuterium is found to exceed by about an order of magnitude the one from muonic protium. On the other hand, an energy dependence of the rate from [mu][ital d] is revealed, while none is observed from [mu][ital p]. The intensity patterns of the muonic Lyman series of neon resulting from the muon exchange differ from one hydrogen isotope to the other, the most obvious discrepancy being the presence of the muonic Ne(7-1) line after transfer from [mu][ital d], whereas this line is absent by transfer from [mu][ital p]. This indicates that the muon is transferred to the level [ital n][sub [ital p]]=6 in neon from protium, respectively, [ital n][sub [ital d]]=7 from deuterium. This observation disagrees with the theoretical predictions. This study sheds some light on the surprising behavior of muon transfer to neon.
- OSTI ID:
- 6401808
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review A; (United States), Vol. 51:3; ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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HYDROGEN
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NEON
BINARY MIXTURES
ENERGY DEPENDENCE
GASES
LYMAN LINES
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS
ATOMS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INTERACTIONS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MIXTURES
NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
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STABLE ISOTOPES
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