β Scribed by J.E Griffith; P.K Haff; T.A Tombrello
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Energy levels of muonic atom states with highrprincipal quantum number are examined. A Thomas-Fermi type treatment is used in all but the lightest atoms to take account of the effects of electron shielding. Transition energies of the muon are compared to electron binding energies, and implications for muon lifetimes are discussed. The splitting of angular momentum substates is explicitly studied; transitions with no change in principal quantum number are unlikely to be important. Effective charges for the muon are computed. The possibility of an absorptive component of the muon potential is raised.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
A b s t r a c t . The Energy levels of a muonic atom, taking electron screening into account are determined by directly solving the Dirac Equation in a screened Coulomb potential of the ALLIS-MORSE type. The non-relativistic limit of the result agrees with the values obtained by solving the Schrodin
Energies and radiative lifetimes are caIcuIated for all bound and quasibound Ievels of the positive muon molecuIar ion He/J,+, together with the tunneling predissociation lifetimes of its quasibound levels. The radiative lifetimes obtained are much longer than the positive muon decay lifetime, so sp