Michel decay spectrum for a muon bound to a nucleus

Czarnecki, Andrzej; Dowling, Matthew; Garcia Tormo, Xavier; Marciano, William J.; Szafron, Robert (2014). Michel decay spectrum for a muon bound to a nucleus. Physical review. D - particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, D90(9), 093002. Melville, N.Y.: American Physical Society 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.093002

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The spectrum of electrons from muons decaying in an atomic bound state is significantly modified by their interaction with the nucleus. Somewhat unexpectedly, its first measurement, at the Canadian laboratory TRIUMF, differed from basic theory. We show, using a combination of techniques developed in atomic, nuclear, and high-energy physics, that radiative corrections eliminate the discrepancy. In addition to solving that outstanding problem, our more precise predictions are potentially useful for interpreting future high-statistics muon experiments that aim to search for exotic interactions at 10−16 sensitivity.

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