Muon level-crossing spectroscopy of organic free radicals

doi:10.1016/0009-2614(87)80060-X

Chemical Physics Letters

Volume 133, Issue 6, 6 February 1987, Pages 465-470

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Abstract

Muon level-crossing spectroscopy has been applied to the study of muonium-substituted radicals formed in liquid benzene, hexadeuterobenzene, furan, 2-methylpropene, 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene, and gaseous ethene. The magnitudes and signs of the proton and deuteron hyperfine constants are reported, and are discussed in terms of isotope effects and intramolecular motion.

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Muon level-crossing spectroscopy of organic free radicals

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Chem. Phys. Letters

Chem. Phys. Letters

Nucl. Instr. Methods

Phys. Letters

Radiat. Phys. Chem.

J. Phys. Chem.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. (Paris) Ser. II

μSR Newsletter

Phys. Rev.

Phys. Rev.

Chem. Phys.

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