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Muon transfer from protium to helium

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Muon transfer from hydrogen isotopes to helium is of importance in muon-catalyzed fusion and serves as a unique tool for the direct observation of the mesomolecular ion (pµHe)*. During two data-taking runs in 1994 and 1995 at PSI, measurements of the transfer from protium to helium were carried out using CCD's and Ge-diodes as independent X-ray detectors to obtain information on the time distribution and intensity of the 7 keV decay X-ray of the mesomolecular ion. Dual1H2 +4 He and triple1H2 + Ne +3,4He gas mixtures at low temperatures were investigated to extract transfer rates. Protium of high purity was available. For the first time a transfer rate from muonic protium to3He was measured. A general survey of our measurements and preliminary analysis is presented.

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  1. Institute for Medium Energy Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse3, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    P. Ackerbauer, W. H. Breunlich, M. Cargnelli, A. Fischer, B. Gartner, P. Kammel, R. King, G. Kminek, B. Lauss, J. Marton, W. Prymas, E. Steininger & J. Zmeskal

  2. Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen, Switzerland

    C. Petitjean

  3. Institut de Physique de l'Université, CH-2000, Neuchatel, Switzerland

    D. Chatellard, J. -P. Egger & E. Jeannet

  4. Physik Department, TU München, D-85747, Garching, Germany

    T. von Egidy, F. J. Hartmann & M. Mühlbauer

  5. Institut de Physique de l'Université, Pérolles, CH-1700, Fribourg, Switzerland

    S. Tresch, R. Jacot-Guillarmod, F. Mulhauser, C. Piller, L. A. Schaller, L. Schellenberg, H. Schneuwly, Y. A. Thalmann & A. Werthmüller

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Tresch, S., Ackerbauer, P., Breunlich, W.H. et al. Muon transfer from protium to helium. Hyperfine Interact 101, 221–227 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02227626

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