High-Precision Muonic X-Ray Measurement of the rms Charge Radius of C12 with a Crystal Spectrometer

W. Ruckstuhl, B. Aas, W. Beer, I. Beltrami, F. W. N. de Boer, K. Bos, P. F. A. Goudsmit, U. Kiebele, H. J. Leisi, G. Strassner, A. Vacchi, and R. Weber
Phys. Rev. Lett. 49, 859 – Published 20 September 1982
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Abstract

A precision measurement with the SIN bent-crystal spectrometer of the wavelength of the 2p321s12 transition in muonic C12 yields λ=16.473766(89) pm, the accuracy being an order of magnitude higher than that of earlier investigations. The rms charge radius of C12 is deduced as r212=2.4832(18) fm, differing by 2.4 standard deviations from the most accurate electron-scattering results. Consequences of attributing this discrepancy to a μN interaction beyond QED are discussed.

  • Received 5 May 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.859

©1982 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

W. Ruckstuhl, B. Aas, W. Beer, and I. Beltrami

  • Laboratorium für Hochenergiephysik der Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, c/o Schweizerisches Institut für Nuklearforschung, CH-5234 Villigen, Switzerland

F. W. N. de Boer

  • Institut de Physique de l'Université de Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

K. Bos

  • Laboratorium für Hochenergiephysik der Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, c/o Schweizerisches Institut für Nuklearforschung, CH-5234 Villigen, Switzerland

P. F. A. Goudsmit

  • Laboratorium für Hochenergiephysik der Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, c/o Schweizerisches Institut für Nuklearforschung, CH-5234 Villigen, Switzerland, and National Institut voor Kernfysica en Hoge-Energiefysica, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

U. Kiebele

  • Institut de Physique de l'Université de Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

H. J. Leisi, G. Strassner, and A. Vacchi

  • Laboratorium für Hochenergiephysik der Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, c/o Schweizerisches Institut für Nuklearforschung, CH-5234 Villigen, Switzerland

R. Weber

  • Institut de Physique de l'Université de Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

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Vol. 49, Iss. 12 — 20 September 1982

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