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The QCMC scheme created earlier for cascade calculations in heavy hadronic atoms of hydrogen isotopes has been modified and applied to the study of cascade processes in the μp muonic hydrogen atoms. The distribution of μp atoms over kinetic energies has been obtained and the yields of K-series X-rays per one stopped muon have been calculated.
Comparison with experimental data indicated directly that for muonic and pionic atoms new types of non-radiative transitions are essential, while they are negligible for heavy (kaonic, antiprotonic, etc.) atoms. These processes have been considered and their probabilities have been estimated.
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Faifman, M.P., Men'Shikov, L.I. Cascade Processes in Muonic Hydrogen Atoms. Hyperfine Interactions 138, 61–70 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020838415145
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