Question of why metastable muonic helium is not quenched
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 25 (3) , 1791-1793
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.25.1791
Abstract
The ion-clustering mechanism which is the explanation usually invoked for the long collisional lifetime of metastable muonic helium is examined. Based on current knowledge of similar clusters, this mechanism does not work.Keywords
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