NEUTRON EMISSION FROM NUCLEAR EXCITATION BY RADIATIONLESS TRANSITIONS IN MU-ATOMIC BI209

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作者
HARGROVE, CK
HINCKS, EP
MASON, GR
MCKEE, RJ
KESSLER, D
RICCI, S
机构
[1] National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
[2] Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont.
[3] University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.215
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Neutron emission by radiationless μ-atomic transitions in Bi209 has been observed. The analysis of the neutron time-of-flight spectrum shows that this process takes place in muon transitions from the n=3 or higher states to the ground state of the muonic atom while the nucleus is left either in the ground state or in an excited state, possibly one belonging to a particle-hole multiplet of Bi208. The process investigated here occurs in 7 ± 2% of all muon stops in bismuth. © 1969 The American Physical Society.
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