Inclusive Muon Capture in Light Nuclei
Nuclear Theory
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We study total muon capture rates in light nuclei, taking into account renormalizations of the nuclear vector and axial vector strengths. We estimate the influence in the results of uncertainties of the spin-isospin interaction parameter and nuclear densities. A few of these reactions are theoretical benchmarks for physics involving searches for neutrino oscillations. New experiments in muon capture in several targets are suggested, in the light of some discrepancies with theory, crudeness of some experimental results and relevance to neutrino physics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9802060,
title = {Inclusive Muon Capture in Light Nuclei},
author = {Nimai C. Mukhopadhyay and H. C. Chiang and S. K. Singh and E. Oset},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9802060},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, Latex, no figures. Submitted to Phys.Lett.B