Decay of negative muons bound in $^{27}$Al

Details Decay of negative muons bound in $^{27}$Al Decay of negative muons bound in $^{27}$Al

2009-08-28

arxiv.org/abs/0908.4270v2

Phys.Rev.D80:052012,2009

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.80.052012

We present the first measurement of the energy spectrum up to 70 MeV of electrons from the decay of negative muons after they become bound in $^{27}$Al atoms. The data were taken with the TWIST apparatus at TRIUMF. We find a muon lifetime of (864.6 $\pm$ 1.2) ns, in agreement with earlier measurements. The asymmetry of the decay spectrum is consistent with zero, indicating that the atomic capture has completely depolarised the muons. The measured momentum spectrum is in reasonable agreement with theoretical predictions at the higher energies, but differences around the peak of the spectrum indicate the need for \oalpha radiative corrections to the calculations. The present measurement is the most precise measurement of the decay spectrum of muons bound to any nucleus.

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