Radiative muon capture

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Phys. Rev., C; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.22.233· OSTI ID:5294149

Hwang, W P

It is shown by relating the transition amplitude of radiative muon capture to that of radiative pion capture, that the transition amplitude of radiative muon capture proposed recently by Hwang and Primakoff differs from the others mainly by Low's counter terms. Despite the fact that the ''original'' transition amplitude does not violate seriously the conservation of the hadronic electromagnetic current, Low's counter terms, as introduced via Low's prescription to secure the presence of small conservation-of-hadronic-electromagnetic-current-breaking terms, are confirmed to be of numerical importance. Further, it is found in the ''elementary-particle'' treatment of radiative muon capture that the uncertainty arising from the nuclear structure can be reduced to become negligible. Therefore, an exclusive radiative muon capture experiment can in principle differentiate the Hwang-Primakoff theory from the others and yet provide a comprehensive test of partial conservation of axial-vector current.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, FM-15, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
• OSTI ID: 5294149
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev., C; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., C; (United States) Vol. 22:1; ISSN PRVCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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