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μ + Residual polarization in water, CS2, C6F6 and hydrocarbons under strong decoupling fields

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Theμ + decay asymmetry was measured as a function of longitudinal magnetic field (LF) between zero and 10 kG in spin decoupling experiments on muons in water, c-hexane, CS2, C6F6, C6H6 etc. The results were compared both with the diamagnetic polarization,P D, measured by transverse-field (TF) experimentsμ +SR, and with the asymmetry observed inμ + spin resonance experiments under longitudinal field. These results have been interpreted in terms of spin conversion and chemical reactions of muonium (Mu) with paramagnetic species such as free radicals in the muon track or spur. It is argued that spin-conversion reactions are responsible for the so-called “missing fraction” ofμ + polarization in various media.

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  1. K. M. Crowe

    Present address: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, 94720, CA

  2. J. H. Brewer

    Present address: Department of Physics and Triumf, University of British Columbia, V6T 2A3, Canada

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  1. Nuclear Engineering Research Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Japan

    Y. Miyake & Y. Tabata

  2. Research Center for Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Japan

    Y. Ito

  3. Meson Science Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Japan

    K. Ishida, T. Matsuzaki, K. Nishiyama, K. Nagamine, K. M. Crowe & J. H. Brewer

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Miyake, Y., Tabata, Y., Ito, Y. et al. μ + Residual polarization in water, CS2, C6F6 and hydrocarbons under strong decoupling fields. Hyperfine Interact 19, 807–813 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02066125

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