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Ultra slow muons generated by laser resonant ionization of thermal muonium produced by 500‐MeV protons with hot tungsten

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We report recent progress to date on the UT‐MSL/KEK “Ultra Slow Muon” project, in which thermal muonium (Mu) atoms are generated from the surface of a hot tungsten target placed at the primary 500 MeV proton beam line and resonantly ionized by intense u.v. lasers synchronized with the emission of the Mu. The positive muon ionization fragments are collected by electrostatic beam optics to form a beam of slow positive muons.

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  1. Meson Science Laboratory, University of Tokyo (UT‐MSL), Hongo, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo, 113, Japan

    Y. Miyake, K. Shimomura, A.P. Mills & K. Nagamine

  2. Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ, 07974, USA

    A.P. Mills

  3. Muon Science Laboratory, Institute of Physics and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako, Saitama, 351‐01, Japan

    K. Nagamine

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Miyake, Y., Shimomura, K., Mills, A. et al. Ultra slow muons generated by laser resonant ionization of thermal muonium produced by 500‐MeV protons with hot tungsten. Hyperfine Interactions 106, 237–244 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012662512868

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