Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1992

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.293

Publication Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

68

Issue

3

Pages

293-296

Abstract

Spectra of energetic protons and deuterons emitted following negative muon capture from rest in 3He have been measured for the first time. Significant capture strength is observed at high energy transfers (mμ- Ev >60 MeV) for the two-body and three-body breakup channels, indicative of the importance of nucleon-nucleon correlations and meson exchange currents in the capture process. A simple plane wave impulse approximation calculation reproduces the proton spectrum reasonably well, but underpredicts the deuteron rate at the highest energies by a large factor.

Comments

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Publisher's version available at: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.293

Original Publication Citation

Cummings, W. J., Dodge, G. E., Hanna, S. S., King, B. H., Kuhn, S. E., Shin, Y. M., Helmer, R., Schubank, R. B., Stevenson, N. R., Wienands, U., Lee, Y. K., Mason, G. R., King, B. E., Chung, K. S., Lee, J. M., & Rosenzweig, D. P. (1992). Energetic protons and deuterons emitted following μ⁻ capture by ³He nuclei. Physical Review Letters, 68(3), 293-296. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.293

ORCID

0000-0003-1582-2376 (Dodge), 0000-0003-2243-6836 (Kuhn)

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