Isotope dependence of radiative muon capture on the [Formula Presented] Ni isotopes

T. P. Gorringe, D. S. Armstrong, C. Q. Chen, E. Christy, B. C. Doyle, P. Gumplinger, H. W. Fearing, M. D. Hasinoff, M. A. Kovash, D. H. Wright

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Abstract

We report measurements of the photon rates and energy spectra from inclusive radiative muon capture on three nickel isotopes using a photon pair spectrometer at the TRIUMF cyclotron. The values of [Formula Presented] the partial branching ratios of radiative muon capture for photon energies [Formula Presented] MeV, for [Formula Presented] were found to be (in units of [Formula Presented] [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] assuming a Fermi-gas photon spectral shape. The results reveal a significant isotope effect in the nickel branching ratios and a simple empirical scaling of the present nickel and earlier nuclear [Formula Presented] data with neutron excess. Furthermore, the observed atomic mass and neutron excess dependence of the entire nuclear [Formula Presented] data set is well reproduced by a relativistic Fermi-gas calculation. The ability of the model to reproduce the variation of the [Formula Presented] data using the Goldberger-Treiman formula for [Formula Presented] suggests there is no compelling reason to invoke a more exotic [Formula Presented]-dependent renormalization of [Formula Presented].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1767-1776
Number of pages10
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume58
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

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  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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