Resonant Scattering of Muonic Hydrogen Atoms and Dynamics of the Muonic Molecular Complex
/ Authors
M. Fujiwara, A. Adamczak, J. Bailey, G. Beer, J. Beveridge, M. Faifman, T. M. Huber, P. Kammel, S. Kim, P. Knowles
and 10 more authors
A. Kunselman, V. Markushin, G. Marshal, G. Mason, F. Mulhauser, A. Olin, C. Petitjean, T. Porcelli, J. Wozniak, J. Zmeskal
/ Abstract
Resonant scattering of muonic hydrogen atoms via back decay of the molecular complex, a key process in the understanding of epithermal muonic molecular formation, is analyzed. The limitations of the effective rate approximation are discussed and the importance of the explicit treatment of the back decay is stressed. An expression of the energy distribution for the back-decayed atoms is given.
Journal: Hyperfine Interactions