Depolarization of Negative Muons in Low-Z Muonic Atoms with Nonzero Nuclear Spin

Abstract

The decay asymmetries resulting from the residual polarization of negative muons were measured in the components of the ground-state hyperfine doublet of Li6, Li7, Be9, B10, and B11 muonic atoms. The results show a characteristic consequence of the muonmucleus magnetic dipole coupling during the muonic cascade.