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Title: Measurement of the angular correlation in the reaction. mu. /sup -/He/sup 3/. -->. nu/sub. mu. /H/sup */

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OSTI ID:6912417

A measurement was made of the angular correlation in the reaction ..mu../sup -/He/sup 3/ ..-->.. nu/sub ..mu../H/sup 3/ between the spin of the 1S(..mu../sup -/He/sup 3/)/sup +/ system and the H/sup 3/ momentum. The correlation was 0.95 +/- 1.15%. The residual polarization of the 1S(..mu../sup -/He/sup 3/)/sup +/ system was found to be 3.42 +/- 0.96%. These values give 0.2 for the pseudoscalar form factor in the weak hadronic current, compared to the PCAC predicted value of .68, but within error any value of F/sub p/ is consistent with the CVC and PCAC assumptions.

OSTI ID:
6912417
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English