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The electric dipole transition rates in kaonic atoms are calculated by using distorted relativistic wave functions. The kaon-nucleus strong interaction which is responsible for the distortion of atomic states is considered to be proportional to the nuclear density and the effective isospin-averaged kaon-nucleon scattering length. Six atoms have been studied for which the last observed X-rays correspond to 3d-2p, 4f-3d, 5g-4f, 6h-5g, 7i-6h and 8j-7i transitions. It is found that the electric dipole transition rate is enhanced by an amount (0.3–7.6)×1013s−1
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The author is grateful to Dr. R.C. Johnson for suggesting this calculation and Dr. R.C. Barrett for useful discussions during the course of computer programme development at the University of Surrey, England.
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Qureshi, I.E. TheE1 transitions in kaonic atoms. Z Physik A 317, 19–22 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01420444
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