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Theoretical calculations on μ +12C →12B + ν

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

Summary

Theoretical calculations of the capture rate and possible observations on the recoiling nucleus have been made for the process μ +12C →12B + ν. The basic interaction for μ-meson capture is assumed to be the same as that in β-decay. Virtual pion effects which are included with and without the assumption of a conserved vector current, are difficult to observe because of the theoretical uncertainty as to the magnitude of the second forbidden contributions.

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Per il processo μ +12C →12B + ν sono stati eseguiti calcoli teorici sul tasso di cattura e sulle possibili osservazioni sul rinculo del nucleo. L’interazione fondamentale per la cattura del mesone μ si presume la stessa che nel decadimento β. Effetti pionici virtuali coesistenti con e senza l’assunzione della conservazione di una corrente vettoriale sono difficili da osservare per l’incertezza teorica sulla grandezza dei contributi secondi proibiti.

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Wolfenstein, L. Theoretical calculations on μ +12C →12B + ν. Nuovo Cim 13, 319–325 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02732940

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