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 - 1975 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy