Nonzero total-angular-momentum three-body dynamics using hyperspherical elliptic coordinates: Application to muon transfer from muonic hydrogen to atomic oxygen and neon

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2004 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.062501· OSTI ID:20643747

Dupays, Arnaud; Lepetit, Bruno; Beswick, J Alberto; Rizzo, Carlo; Bakalov, Dimitar ^[1]

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1. Laboratoire Collisions, Agregats, Reactivite, IRSAMC, Universite Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse (France)

A computational method to study three-body rearrangement processes for nonzero total angular momentum is presented. The method is applied to muon exchange between muonic hydrogen and a heavier nucleus X{sup Z+}:p{mu}+X{sup Z+}{yields}p+({mu}X){sup (Z-1)+}. Muon-transfer rates are calculated for oxygen and neon including partial waves up to J=4 for collision energies in the range 10{sup -3}-10 eV. An excellent agreement is obtained with available experimental results.

• OSTI ID: 20643747
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 69, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.062501; (c) 2004 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
ATOM COLLISIONS
COORDINATES
EV RANGE
HYDROGEN
MUONIC ATOMS
MUONS
NEON
OXYGEN
PARTIAL WAVES
THREE-BODY PROBLEM