Published July 11, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Muon Capture As A Probe Of The Nucleon's Axial Structure - The μCap Experiment

  • 1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States)

Description

The goal of the μCap experiment is a 1% precision measurement of the muon capture rate on the proton. From the capture rate the pseudoscalar form factor gP of the nucleon will be extracted with 7% precision. This basic quantity is predicted theoretically with high precision, but the experimental situation is quite controversial. The new experiment should yield an unambiguous value for gP and a sensitive test of the chiral symmetry of QCD at low energies

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Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
842
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 909-911
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
17. international conference on particles and nuclei
Dates
23-30 Oct 2005
Place
Santa Fe, NM (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38043394
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; CAPTURE; CHIRAL SYMMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FORM FACTORS; MUONS; PROTONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FORM FACTORS; HADRONS; LEPTONS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY

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Notes
(c) 2006 American Institute of Physics
Collaborations
#mu#Cap Collaboration