Kinetics of excited muonic hydrogen

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.50.525· OSTI ID:7232980

Czaplinski, W; Gula, A ^[1]; Kravtsov, A; Mikhailov, A ^[2]; Popov, N ^[3]

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1. Faculty of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, University of Mining Metallurgy, al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30-059 Cracow (Poland)
2. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russian Federation ( )
3. Sektion Physik der Universitaet Muenchen, Schellingstrasse 4, 80799 Muenchen (Germany)

Deexcitation and charge exchange of excited muonic hydrogen are considered. The inverse quasiresonant charge exchange process is taken into account. During cascade the inverse charge exchange balances the direct process down to the level with the principal quantum number [ital [tilde n]] for which the resonance defect is larger than the collision energy. The density of the muonic atom for [ital n][le][ital [tilde n]] is then determined by deexcitation and muon transfer to nuclei of heavier hydrogen isotopes. Energy dependence of the ground-state population of the initial muonic hydrogen, [ital q][sub 1[ital s]], is considered. Comparing our results for the [ital q][sub 1[ital s]] parameter with the available experimental data, we conclude that the collision energy of the excited muonic atoms is [similar to]3 eV for D-T and [similar to]5 eV for an H-D mixture.

• OSTI ID: 7232980
• Journal Information: Physical Review A; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review A; (United States) Vol. 50:1; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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