Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

X-RAY YIELDS FROM $mu$-MESONIC ATOMS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4146964
The interesting suggestion has been made that the rapid drop in the yield of K x rays in the light elements may be associated with the capture of mu -mesons into the metastable 2s-state. The mechanisms for making transitions from the 2s to the 1s state and from various p-states into the 2s state were investigated in detail for Li, Be, and B. It is found that the paradoxical reduction of K x rays remains unexplained. Stark mixing of the mesonic 2s and 2p states by the electric field of the atomic electrons allows "mixed" Auger- radiative transitions to the 1s state to compete favorabl mixed ta
Research Organization:
California. Univ., Berkeley; Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y.
NSA Number:
NSA-14-012073
OSTI ID:
4146964
Report Number(s):
AFOSR-TN-60-118
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

DE-EXCITATION OF $mu$-MESONIC ATOMS
Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1959 · Phys. Rev. Letters · OSTI ID:4218618

NONRADIATIVE E2 TRANSITIONS IN $mu$ MESONIC ATOMS
Journal Article · Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1962 · Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D · OSTI ID:4802192

X-ray yields in protonium and mesic hydrogen
Journal Article · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Phys. Rev., A; (United States) · OSTI ID:5390668