Abstract
The paper describes an experiment aimed at studying muon capture by nuclei in pure and mixtures at various densities. Energy distributions of protons and deuterons produced via and are measured for the energy intervals 10–49 MeV and 13–31 MeV, respectively. Muon capture rates and are obtained using two different analysis methods. The least-squares methods give The Bayes theorem gives The experimental differential capture rates, and are compared with theoretical calculations performed using the plane-wave impulse approximation with the realistic nearest-neighbor interaction Bonn B potential. Extrapolation to the full energy range yields total proton and deuteron capture rates in good agreement with former results.
- Received 27 July 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.012712
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