Measurement of the K X-ray intensity ratios in muonic hydrogen at low gas densities

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作者
Bregant, M [1 ]
Chatellard, D
Egger, JP
Hauser, P
Jeannet, E
Kirch, K
Kottmann, F
Milotti, E
Petitjean, C
Simons, LM
Taqqu, D
Zavattini, E
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[2] Univ Neuchatel, Inst Phys, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland
[3] Paul Scherrer Inst, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
[4] ETH Honggerberg, Inst Hochenergiephys, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
关键词
muonic hydrogen; muonic deuterium;
D O I
10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00148-0
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Measurements of the K X-ray transitions of muonic hydrogen (mu(-)p and mu(-)d) were performed at H-2 or D-2 gas pressures between 17 and 533 hPa (T approximate to 293 K). The intensity ratios K-alpha/K-total and K-beta/K-total depend on the gas density because the strength of excited state collisional interactions increases at higher densities. The data are compared with the results of a cascade calculation. They are sensitive to the collisional Stark mixing rates at the main quantum levels n = 4,...,8. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.
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