Asymmetry of Neutrons from Muon Caputre in Silicon, Sulfur, and Calcium
- 20 May 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 20 (21) , 1201-1204
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.20.1201
Abstract
We have measured the asymmetry in the angular distribution of neutrons emitted following the capture of negative muons in silicon, sulfur, and calcium. The asymmetries, normalized to 100% muon polarization, varied from near zero for low neutron energies to +0.32±0.05, +0.30±0.08, and +0.20±0.08 for energies greater than 15.6 MeV for silicon, sulfur, and calcium, respectively, in disagreement with the results of most other recent experiments.Keywords
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