Charged-particle spectra from μ– capture on Al

Gaponenko, A.; Grossheim, A.; Hillairet, A.; Marshall, G. M.; Mischke, R. E.; Olin, A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.101.035502

Title: Charged-particle spectra from μ^– capture on Al

Abstract

Published data on the emission of charged particles following nuclear muon capture are extremely limited. In addition to its interest as a probe of the nuclear response, these data are important for the design of some current searches for lepton flavor violation. This work presents momentum spectra of protons and deuterons following μ- capture in aluminum. It is the first measurement of a muon capture process performed with a tracking spectrometer. A precision of better than 10% over the momentum range of 100–190MeV/c for protons is obtained; for deuterons of 145–250MeV/c the precision is better than 20%. The observed partial yield of protons with emission momenta above 80MeV/c (kinetic energy 3.4MeV) is 0.0322 ± 0.0007(stat) ± 0.0022(syst) per capture, and for deuterons above 130MeV/c (4.5MeV) it is 0.0122 ± 0.0009(stat) ± 0.0006(syst). Extrapolating to total yields gives 0.045 ± 0.001(stat) ± 0.003(syst) ± 0.001(extrapolation) per capture for protons and 0.018 ± 0.001(stat) ± 0.001(syst)± 0.002(extrapolation) for deuterons, which are the most precise measurements of these quantities to date.

Authors:

; Grossheim, A.; Hillairet, A.;

; Mischke, R. E.;

Publication Date:: Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2020

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

OSTI Identifier:: 1604505

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1565951

Report Number(s):: arXiv:1908.06902; FERMILAB-PUB-19-433-E
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985; PRVCAN; 035502

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review. C

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review. C Journal Volume: 101 Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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                    Gaponenko, A., Grossheim, A., Hillairet, A., Marshall, G. M., Mischke, R. E., and Olin, A. Charged-particle spectra from μ– capture on Al.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Gaponenko, A., Grossheim, A., Hillairet, A., Marshall, G. M., Mischke, R. E., & Olin, A. Charged-particle spectra from μ– capture on Al.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.101.035502

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                    Gaponenko, A., Grossheim, A., Hillairet, A., Marshall, G. M., Mischke, R. E., and Olin, A. Fri .  
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@article{osti_1604505,

  title        = {Charged-particle spectra from μ– capture on Al},

  author       = {Gaponenko, A. and Grossheim, A. and Hillairet, A. and Marshall, G. M. and Mischke, R. E. and Olin, A.},

  abstractNote = {Published data on the emission of charged particles following nuclear muon capture are extremely limited. In addition to its interest as a probe of the nuclear response, these data are important for the design of some current searches for lepton flavor violation. This work presents momentum spectra of protons and deuterons following μ- capture in aluminum. It is the first measurement of a muon capture process performed with a tracking spectrometer. A precision of better than 10% over the momentum range of 100–190MeV/c for protons is obtained; for deuterons of 145–250MeV/c the precision is better than 20%. The observed partial yield of protons with emission momenta above 80MeV/c (kinetic energy 3.4MeV) is 0.0322 ± 0.0007(stat) ± 0.0022(syst) per capture, and for deuterons above 130MeV/c (4.5MeV) it is 0.0122 ± 0.0009(stat) ± 0.0006(syst). Extrapolating to total yields gives 0.045 ± 0.001(stat) ± 0.003(syst) ± 0.001(extrapolation) per capture for protons and 0.018 ± 0.001(stat) ± 0.001(syst)± 0.002(extrapolation) for deuterons, which are the most precise measurements of these quantities to date.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevC.101.035502},

  journal      = {Physical Review. C},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 101,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2020},

  month        = {Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2020}

}

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Title: Charged-particle spectra from μ^– capture on Al

A Mathematical Theory of Communication
journal, July 1948

A Technique for the Numerical Solution of Certain Integral Equations of the First Kind
journal, January 1962

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