The interaction rates of stopped negative muons in iron and copper

1 February 1958

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine

Vol. 3 (26), 109-118
https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435808244396

Abstract

An apparatus suitable for measuring the mean lifetimes of negatively-charged muons brought to rest in targets of Z < 30 is described. Measurements made on iron and copper yield mean lifetimes of (204±14) × 10^-8 sec and (157±20) × 10^-9 sec respectively.

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