Eur. Phys. J. D 40, 175-179 (2006)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2006-00151-x

Three-body muon-transfer collisions from hydrogen isotope to He²⁺ and Li³⁺ ions

¹ Faculty of Engineering, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan
² Institute of Material Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8573, Japan

Corresponding author: ^a igarashi@phys.miyazaki-u.ac.jp

Received: 20 March 2006
Revised: 17 May 2006
Published online: 28 June 2006

Abstract

The muon transfer rates from hydrogen isotopes (p,d) to ^3,4He²⁺ and ^6,7Li³⁺ ions are calculated in the hyperspherical close coupling method. Well converged results are obtained. The present rates are comparable to those of existing calculations for He²⁺, but they are much larger for Li³⁺. The resonance parameters are also calculated for resonances near the (Hμ)_1s threshold.