Abstract
The muonic helium atom, αμ-e-, has been formed by stopping polarized negative muons in He gas at 14 atm with a Xe admixture of 2%, and observed through its characteristic Larmor precession frequency of 1.4 MHz/G. In addition a nonzero residual polarization of P=0.06±0.01 for μ- stopped in pure He gas has been measured for the first time, which corresponds to a depolarization factor of 18±3.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1417-1420 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 23 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1975 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
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Souder, P. A., Casperson, D. E., Crane, T. W., Hughes, V. W., Lu, D. C., Orth, H., Reist, H. W., Yam, M. H., & Zu Putlitz, G. (1975). Formation of the Muonic Helium Atom, αμ-e-, and Observation of Its Larmor Precession. Physical Review Letters, 34(23), 1417-1420. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.1417