HIGH-ORBITAL S-STATE CAPTURE OF $pi$$sup -$ MESONS BY PROTONS

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1960 · Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.118.864· OSTI ID:4137589

Day, T B; Snow, G A; Sucher, J

The consequences of the very short capture time for pi /sup -/ mesons in liquid hydrogen, recently measured by Fields, Yodh, Derrick, and Fetkovich, are discussed. It is pointed out that collisional de-excitation mechanisms, even including the Stark effect enhancement of capture, seem inadequate io explain the experiment. Alternative possibilities are discussed. (auth)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Maryland, College Park
• NSA Number: NSA-14-016213
• OSTI ID: 4137589
• Journal Information: Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D, Vol. Vol: 118; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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PHYSICS
CAPTURE
EXCITATION
HYDROGEN
LIFETIME
LIQUIDS
NUCLEAR MODELS
ORBITS
PIONS
PIONS-MINUS
PROTONS
SCATTERING