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Initial quantum levels of captured muons in CO, CO2, and COS

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The role of valence electrons for the muon capture process by molecules is experimentally investigated with the aid of cascade calculations. Low-momentum muons are introduced to gas targets of CO, CO2, and COS below atmospheric pressure. The initial states of captured muons are determined from the measured muonic X-ray structure of the Lyman and Balmer series. We propose that the lone pair electrons in the carbon atom of CO significantly contribute to the capture of a muon with large angular momenta.

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Experiments were performed at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility of J-PARC under user programs (Proposal Nos. 2012A0039 and 2012B0103). This study was partially supported by a JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Numbers 26800213 and 261738).

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  1. Radiation Science Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan

    Go Yoshida & Taichi Miura

  2. Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan

    Go Yoshida, Kazuhiko Ninomiya, Makoto Inagaki & Atsushi Shinohara

  3. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan

    Wataru Higemoto

  4. Muon Science Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan

    Patrick Strasser, Naritoshi Kawamura, Koichiro Shimomura & Yasuhiro Miyake

  5. International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8585, Japan

    Kenya M. Kubo

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Yoshida, G., Ninomiya, K., Inagaki, M. et al. Initial quantum levels of captured muons in CO, CO2, and COS. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 320, 283–289 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06470-4

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