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Muonic radioactive atoms - a unique probe for nuclear structure

E. KolbeThomas NilssonGabriel Martínez-pinedoKarlheinz LangankeJ. ÄYstöK. Riisager

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PhysicsNuclear physicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsMuonExcited stateNuclear structurePhysics::Accelerator PhysicsPhysics::Atomic PhysicsAtomic physicsEffective nuclear charge

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Muonic atoms have been a source of high-precision experimental nuclear structure data for decades, through muonic X-rays that yield information on nuclear charge distributions. The intense driver beams for production of radioactive beams in so-called second generation facilities will simultaneously be capable of producing unprecedented amounts of low-energy muons. This paper concerns some of the potential synergies of combining unions with radioactive nuclei. as one possible new tool to be used at future RIB facilities. As a case study, muonic capture rates into highly excited states in Ni-78 have been calculated.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2004-12-01Nuclear Physics A
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2004.09.139