Published April 15, 2009 | Version v1
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Production of the Smallest QED Atom: True Muonium (μ+μ-)

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Description

The 'true muonium' (μ+μ-) and 'true tauonium' (τ+τ-) bound states are not only the heaviest, but also the most compact pure QED systems. The rapid weak decay of the τ makes the observation of true tauonium difficult. However, as we show, the production and study of true muonium is possible at modern electron-positron colliders

Availability note (English)

Available from http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/getdoc/slac-pub-13575.pdf; http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/pubpage?slac-pub-13575.html; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/953008-uGIsDq/

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URL
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/getdoc/slac-pub-13575.pdf; http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/pubpage?slac-pub-13575.html; https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/953008-uGIsDq/;
arXiv
arXiv:0904.2225;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
Report number
SLAC-PUB--13575

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
40083704
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BOUND STATE; LINEAR COLLIDERS; MUONIUM; MUONS MINUS; MUONS PLUS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; TAU PARTICLES
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HEAVY LEPTONS; LEPTONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MATTER; MUONS

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Contract/Grant/Project number
arXiv:0904.2225; AC02-76SF00515
Notes
Submitted to Physical Review Letters
Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)