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Adamczak A, Antognini A, Berger N, Cocolios TE, Deokar N, Düllmann CE, Eggenberger A, Eichler R, Heines M, Hess H, Indelicato P, Kirch K, Knecht A, Krauth JJ, Nuber J, Ouf A, Papa A, Pohl R, Rapisarda E, Reiter P, Ritjoho N, Roccia S, Seidlitz M, Severijns N, von Schoeler K, Skawran A, Vogiatzi SM, Warr N, Wauters F. Muonic atom spectroscopy with microgram target material. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. A, HADRONS AND NUCLEI 2023; 59:15. [PMID: 36751673 PMCID: PMC9898421 DOI: 10.1140/epja/s10050-023-00930-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Muonic atom spectroscopy-the measurement of the x rays emitted during the formation process of a muonic atom-has a long standing history in probing the shape and size of nuclei. In fact, almost all stable elements have been subject to muonic atom spectroscopy measurements and the absolute charge radii extracted from these measurements typically offer the highest accuracy available. However, so far only targets of at least a few hundred milligram could be used as it required to stop a muon beam directly in the target to form the muonic atom. We have developed a new method relying on repeated transfer reactions taking place inside a 100 bar hydrogen gas cell with an admixture of 0.25% deuterium that allows us to drastically reduce the amount of target material needed while still offering an adequate efficiency. Detailed simulations of the transfer reactions match the measured data, suggesting good understanding of the processes taking place inside the gas mixture. As a proof of principle we demonstrate the method with a measurement of the 2p-1s muonic x rays from a 5 μ g gold target.
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- A. Adamczak
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Department of Chemistry-TRIGA Site, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Case 74; 4, place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
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- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Department of Physics, Universitá di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Hill RJ, Kammel P, Marciano WJ, Sirlin A. Nucleon axial radius and muonic hydrogen-a new analysis and review. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2018; 81:096301. [PMID: 29714720 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aac190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Weak capture in muonic hydrogen (μH) as a probe of the chiral properties and nucleon structure predictions of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is reviewed. A recent determination of the axial-vector charge radius squared, [Formula: see text], from a model independent z expansion analysis of neutrino-nucleon scattering data is employed in conjunction with the MuCap measurement of the singlet muonic hydrogen capture rate, [Formula: see text], to update the induced pseudoscalar nucleon coupling [Formula: see text] derived from experiment, and [Formula: see text] predicted by chiral perturbation theory. Accounting for correlated errors this implies [Formula: see text], confirming theory at the 8% level. If instead, the predicted expression for [Formula: see text] is employed as input, then the capture rate alone determines [Formula: see text], or together with the independent z expansion neutrino scattering result, a weighted average [Formula: see text]. Sources of theoretical uncertainty are critically examined and potential experimental improvements are described that can reduce the capture rate error by about a factor of 3. Muonic hydrogen can thus provide a precise and independent [Formula: see text] value which may be compared with other determinations, such as ongoing lattice gauge theory calculations. The importance of an improved [Formula: see text] determination for phenomenology is illustrated by considering the impact on critical neutrino-nucleus cross sections at neutrino oscillation experiments.
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- Richard J Hill
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, United States of America. Fermilab, Batavia, IL 60510, United States of America. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada
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Lanthanum chloride reduces lactate production in primary culture rat cortical astrocytes and suppresses primary co-culture rat cortical astrocyte-neuron lactate transport. Arch Toxicol 2017; 92:1407-1419. [DOI: 10.1007/s00204-017-2148-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Epelbaum E, Hammer HW, Meißner UG. Neutron properties from light nuclei. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201713403005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Petitjean C. Final results of μp capture rate Λ Sand pseudoscalar coupling g P. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146605018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Andreev VA, Banks TI, Carey RM, Case TA, Clayton SM, Crowe KM, Deutsch J, Egger J, Freedman SJ, Ganzha VA, Gorringe T, Gray FE, Hertzog DW, Hildebrandt M, Kammel P, Kiburg B, Knaack S, Kravtsov PA, Krivshich AG, Lauss B, Lynch KR, Maev EM, Maev OE, Mulhauser F, Petitjean C, Petrov GE, Prieels R, Schapkin GN, Semenchuk GG, Soroka MA, Tishchenko V, Vasilyev AA, Vorobyov AA, Vznuzdaev ME, Winter P. Measurement of muon capture on the proton to 1% precision and determination of the pseudoscalar coupling gP. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:012504. [PMID: 23383785 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.012504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The MuCap experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute has measured the rate Λ(S) of muon capture from the singlet state of the muonic hydrogen atom to a precision of 1%. A muon beam was stopped in a time projection chamber filled with 10-bar, ultrapure hydrogen gas. Cylindrical wire chambers and a segmented scintillator barrel detected electrons from muon decay. Λ(S) is determined from the difference between the μ(-) disappearance rate in hydrogen and the free muon decay rate. The result is based on the analysis of 1.2 × 10(10) μ(-) decays, from which we extract the capture rate Λ(S) = (714.9 ± 5.4(stat) ± 5.1(syst)) s(-1) and derive the proton's pseudoscalar coupling g(P)(q(0)(2) = -0.88 m(μ)(2)) = 8.06 ± 0.55.
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- V A Andreev
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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Robson RE, Nicoletopoulos P, Hildebrandt M, White RD. Fundamental issues in fluid modeling: Direct substitution and aliasing methods. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:214112. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4768421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Marcucci LE, Kievsky A, Rosati S, Schiavilla R, Viviani M. Chiral effective field theory predictions for muon capture on deuteron and {3}He. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:052502. [PMID: 22400928 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.052502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The muon-capture reactions {2}H(μ{-},ν{μ})nn and {3}He(μ{-},ν{μ}){3}H are studied with nuclear potentials and charge-changing weak currents, derived in chiral effective field theory. The low-energy constants (LECs) c{D} and c{E}, present in the three-nucleon potential and (c{D}) axial-vector current, are constrained to reproduce the A=3 binding energies and the triton Gamow-Teller matrix element. The muon-capture rates on deuteron and {3}He are predicted to be 399±3 sec{-1} and 1494±21 sec{-1}, respectively. The spread accounts for the cutoff sensitivity, as well as uncertainties in the LECs and electroweak radiative corrections. By comparing the calculated and precisely measured rates on {3}He, a value for the induced pseudoscalar form factor is obtained in good agreement with the chiral perturbation theory prediction.
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- L E Marcucci
- Department of Physics, University of Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy and INFN-Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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Webber DM, Tishchenko V, Peng Q, Battu S, Carey RM, Chitwood DB, Crnkovic J, Debevec PT, Dhamija S, Earle W, Gafarov A, Giovanetti K, Gorringe TP, Gray FE, Hartwig Z, Hertzog DW, Johnson B, Kammel P, Kiburg B, Kizilgul S, Kunkle J, Lauss B, Logashenko I, Lynch KR, McNabb R, Miller JP, Mulhauser F, Onderwater CJG, Phillips J, Rath S, Roberts BL, Winter P, Wolfe B. Measurement of the positive muon lifetime and determination of the Fermi constant to part-per-million precision. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 106:041803. [PMID: 21405320 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.041803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report a measurement of the positive muon lifetime to a precision of 1.0 ppm; it is the most precise particle lifetime ever measured. The experiment used a time-structured, low-energy muon beam and a segmented plastic scintillator array to record more than 2×10(12) decays. Two different stopping target configurations were employed in independent data-taking periods. The combined results give τ(μ(+)) (MuLan)=2 196 980.3(2.2) ps, more than 15 times as precise as any previous experiment. The muon lifetime gives the most precise value for the Fermi constant: G(F) (MuLan)=1.166 378 8(7)×10(-5) GeV(-2) (0.6 ppm). It is also used to extract the μ(-)p singlet capture rate, which determines the proton's weak induced pseudoscalar coupling g(P).
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- D M Webber
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Covita DS, Anagnostopoulos DF, Gorke H, Gotta D, Gruber A, Hirtl A, Ishiwatari T, Indelicato P, Le Bigot EO, Nekipelov M, Dos Santos JMF, Schmid P, Simons LM, Trassinelli M, Veloso JFCA, Zmeskal J. Line shape of the microH(3p-1s) hyperfine transitions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 102:023401. [PMID: 19257271 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.023401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The (3p-1s) x-ray transition to the muonic hydrogen ground state was measured with a high-resolution crystal spectrometer. A Doppler effect broadening of the x-ray line was established which could be attributed to different Coulomb deexcitation steps preceding the measured transition. The assumption of a statistical population of the hyperfine levels of the muonic hydrogen ground state was directly confirmed by the experiment, and measured values for the hyperfine splitting can be reported. The results allow a decisive test of advanced cascade model calculations and establish a method to extract fundamental strong-interaction parameters from pionic hydrogen experiments.
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- D S Covita
- Department of Physics, Coimbra University, P-3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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Czarnecki A, Marciano WJ, Sirlin A. Electroweak radiative corrections to muon capture. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 99:032003. [PMID: 17678282 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.032003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Electroweak radiative corrections to muon capture on nuclei are computed and found to be sizable. They enhance the capture rates for hydrogen and helium by 2.8% and 3.0%, respectively. As a result, the value of the induced pseudoscalar coupling, g(P)(exp), extracted from a recent hydrogen 1S singlet capture experiment is increased by about 21% to g(P)(exp)=7.3+/-1.2 and brought into good agreement with the prediction of chiral perturbation theory, g(P)(theory)=8.2+/-0.2. Implications for helium capture rate predictions are also discussed.
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- Andrzej Czarnecki
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 2J1, Canada
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Chitwood DB, Banks TI, Barnes MJ, Battu S, Carey RM, Cheekatmalla S, Clayton SM, Crnkovic J, Crowe KM, Debevec PT, Dhamija S, Earle W, Gafarov A, Giovanetti K, Gorringe TP, Gray FE, Hance M, Hertzog DW, Hare MF, Kammel P, Kiburg B, Kunkle J, Lauss B, Logashenko I, Lynch KR, McNabb R, Miller JP, Mulhauser F, Onderwater CJG, Ozben CS, Peng Q, Polly CC, Rath S, Roberts BL, Tishchenko V, Wait GD, Wasserman J, Webber DM, Winter P, Zołnierczuk PA. Improved measurement of the positive-muon lifetime and determination of the Fermi constant. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 99:032001. [PMID: 17678280 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.032001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The mean life of the positive muon has been measured to a precision of 11 ppm using a low-energy, pulsed muon beam stopped in a ferromagnetic target, which was surrounded by a scintillator detector array. The result, tau(micro)=2.197 013(24) micros, is in excellent agreement with the previous world average. The new world average tau(micro)=2.197 019(21) micros determines the Fermi constant G(F)=1.166 371(6)x10(-5) GeV-2 (5 ppm). Additionally, the precision measurement of the positive-muon lifetime is needed to determine the nucleon pseudoscalar coupling g(P).
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- D B Chitwood
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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