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p-d Capture Reactions in Muonic Molecules

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Capture reactions for very low-energy n-d and p-d systems are calculated and compared with experiment, as are low-energy n-d and p-d scattering. We find excellent agreement for the n-d scattering lengths, but poor agreement for the p-d case, which we believe is a problem with the experimental extrapolation. The n-d radiative capture is sensitive to details of the meson-exchange currents, but reasonable models agree with the data. The latter models are in good agreement with experiment when extended to the p-d case. Our large quartet capture rate resolves a long-standing anomaly. The E0 capture matrix element recently obtained from a reanalysis of internal conversion in muonic molecules is in excellent agreement with our predictions. This matrix element is very clean theoretically and provides the best test of the calculations.

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Friar, J.L. (1992). p-d Capture Reactions in Muonic Molecules. In: Ciofi degli Atti, C., Pace, E., Salmè, G., Simula, S. (eds) Few-Body Problems in Physics. Few-Body Systems, vol 6. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7581-1_33

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