Isotopic effects in the muon transfer from pmu and dmu to heavier atoms.
The results of accurate hyperspherical calculations of the muon-transfer rates from muonic protium and deuterium atoms to nitrogen, oxygen, and neon are reported. Very good agreement with measured rates is obtained and, for the three systems, the isotopic effect is perfectly reproduced. The transfer rate is higher for deuterium in the cases of nitrogen and neon due to constructive interferences between two transfer paths. The lower transfer rate for deuterium in the case of oxygen results from a large resonant contribution.
Dupays
Arnaud
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Laboratoire Collisions, Agrégats, Réactivité, IRSAMC, Université Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse, France.