Abstract
The results of diabatic hyperspherical close-coupling calculations are presented for the charge exchange of a negative muon from muonic hydrogen to oxygen and nitrogen for collision energies from 10-3 to 103 eV. It is shown that converged results can be obtained using a much smaller number of channels than in the traditional adiabatic approach. For the energy range below 10 eV our results for nitrogen are in good agreements with the available experimental data and the recent calculations within hyperspherical elliptic coordinates. However, discrepancies were found in the case of oxygen, where a p -wave shape resonance is shown to contribute significantly to the cross sections. We show that for oxygen the p -wave resonance extends to a large volume and is sensitive to the many-body effect. Calculations including outer screening of the oxygen atom have been performed to illustrate the importance of this effect.
Recommended Citation
A. Le and C. D. Lin, "Muon Transfer from Muonic Hydrogen to Atomic Oxygen and Nitrogen," Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, vol. 71, no. 2, American Physical Society (APS), Feb 2005.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.71.022507
Department(s)
Physics
Keywords and Phrases
Hydrogen; Nitrogen; Resonance, Charge Exchange; Many-Body Effect; Muon Transfer, Atomic Physics
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1050-2947
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2005 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Feb 2005
