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Mechanisms and kinetics of exotic atom formation in hydrogen and helium

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The current status of the theory of exotic atom formation in hydrogen and helium is briefly reviewed. The problems of the two-step mechanism of mu-atom formation in molecular hydrogen and of primary populations of hadronic metastable states in helium are discussed.

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Korenman, G.Y. Mechanisms and kinetics of exotic atom formation in hydrogen and helium. Hyperfine Interact 101, 81–89 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02227608

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