TTP - TTP97-19 Coherent muon-electron conversion in muonic atoms

Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics (TTP)

1997

TTP97-19 Coherent muon-electron conversion in muonic atoms

Transition rates for coherent muon-electron conversion in muonic atoms, mu+N –> e+N, are computed for various types of muon number violating interactions. Attention is paid to relativistic atomic effects, Coulomb distortion, finite nuclear size, and nucleon distributions. Discrepancies with previously published results are pointed out and explained. Results are presented for several elements of current and future experimental interest.

Andrzej Czarnecki, William J. Marciano, and Kirill Melnikov

Proceedings of the Workshop on Physics at the First Muon Collider and at the Front End of the Muon Collider, 6-9 Nov 1997, Batavia, Illinois. Edited by S. Geer and R. Raja. AIP conference proceedings 435, Woodbury, 1998, p. 409-418.

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