Muon capture in nuclei: An ab initio approach based on Green's function Monte Carlo methods

Lovato, A.; Rocco, N.; Schiavilla, R.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.100.035502

Title: Muon capture in nuclei: An ab initio approach based on Green's function Monte Carlo methods

Journal Article · 12 September 2019 · Physical Review C

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.100.035502 · OSTI ID:1566122

^[1]; Rocco, N. ^[2]; Schiavilla, R. ^[3]

INFN-TIFPA Trento Inst. of Fundamental Physics and Applications, Trento (Italy); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Physics Division
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Physics Division; Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States). Theoretical Physics Dept.
Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

An ab initio Green's function Monte Carlo (GFMC) method is introduced for calculating total rates of muon weak capture in light nuclei with mass number $A ≤ 12$. As a first application of the method, we perform a calculation of the rate in $^3$$$$\textbf{H}$$ and $^4$$$$\textbf{He}$$ in a dynamical framework based on realistic two- and three-nucleon interactions and realistic nuclear charge-changing weak currents. The currents include one- and two-body terms induced by $$π$$- and $$ρ$$-meson exchange, and $$N$$-to-$$Δ$$ excitation, and are constrained to reproduce the empirical value of the Gamow-Teller matrix element in tritium. We investigate the sensitivity of theoretical predictions to current parametrizations of the nucleon axial and induced pseudoscalar form factors as well as to two-body contributions in the weak currents. The large uncertainties in the measured $^4$$$$\textbf{He}$$ rates obtained from bubble-chamber experiments (carried out over 50 years ago) prevent us from drawing any definite conclusions. No data exist for $^3$$$$\textbf{H}$$, but results are compared to those of a recent Faddeev calculation as a validation of the present GFMC method.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1566122

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Vol. 100, Issue 3; ISSN 2469-9985

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