Abstract
Negative muons from the Carnegie Tech synchrocyclotron were stopped in the following targets: separated isotopes of lithium ( and ) and boron ( and ), and natural beryllium, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen. From an analysis of the resulting time spectrum of the decay electrons, the negative-muon lifetime in each of these substances was obtained. From a separate measurement of the lifetime, (2.202±0.003) μsec, the capture rates in the above elements were determined. They are (in units of /sec); , , , , , , , and .
- Received 15 April 1963
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.132.422
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