Measurement of the Nuclear Capture Rate of Muons by Free Deuterons
- 17 August 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 25 (7) , 475-478
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.25.475
Abstract
We have measured the nuclear capture rate of negative muons by deuterons in atoms. The experiment was performed by stopping negative muons in a target of ultrapure gaseous hydrogen at 7.6 atm with 5.2% deuterium and looking at the outgoing neutrons. The result is .
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