Question of why metastable muonic helium is not quenched

1 March 1982

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A

Vol. 25 (3), 1791-1793
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.25.1791

Abstract

The ion-clustering mechanism which is the explanation usually invoked for the long collisional lifetime of metastable muonic helium is examined. Based on current knowledge of similar clusters, this mechanism does not work.

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