Published December 2, 1982 | Version v1
Journal article

On the width of μ hypernuclei and μ- atoms

  • 1. Regensburg Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Physik 1 - Theoretische Physik
  • 2. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)

Description

The self-energy of a μ particle in symmetric nuclear matter is investigated by using a boson exchange model for the μN interaction. The imaginary part of the self-energy is shown to be strongly density dependent and has saturation properties around rho approx.= 0.7 rho0. This peculiar feature allows our results to be in good agreement with the μ atom data while simultaneously providing a width of about 5 MeV or smaller for all nuclei and different states. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
118
Journal Issue
1-3
Series
CODEN: PYLBA.;Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
33-38
ISSN
0370-2693