https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050225
Semiclassical approach to the three-body muon-transfer collisions
1
Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn,
Germany
2
Instituto de Fisica Teorica, UNESP, Rua Pamplona 145,
01405-900 Sao Paulo SP, Brazil
3
Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, 141980 Dubna, Russia
Received:
1
November
1997
Revised:
26
March
1998
Accepted:
18
August
1998
Published online: 15 January 1999
Muon-transfer rates in collisions of hydrogen-like atoms
or 
with light nuclei t, 3He, 4He, 6Li
or 7Li, are calculated in a semiclassical approximation to the
Faddeev-Hahn equations. The two nuclei involved are treated classically,
while the motion of the muon in their Coulomb field is
considered from the quantum mechanical point of view. The experimentally
observed strong dependence on the charge of the nuclei is reproduced.
PACS: 36.10.Dr – Positronium, muonium, muonic atoms and molecules
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 1999
