Related papers: Predicting and Discovering True Muonium
True muonium, the bound state of a muon and an antimuon ($\mu^+\mu^-$), has long been theoretically predicted but remains experimentally elusive. We investigate the production of true para-muonium in the radiative decay of $J/\psi$…
In contrast to other atomic systems, in true muonium ($\mu^+\mu^-$) the leading-order $Z$ boson corrections to the hyperfine splitting are shown to be experimentally accessible in the near future. This contribution ($-109$ MHz) constitutes…
Theoretical and phenomenological predictions of $\mathcal{BR}(K_L\rightarrow (\mu^+\mu^-) \gamma)\sim7\times10^{-13}$ are presented for different model form factors $F_{K_L\gamma\gamma^*}(Q^2)$. These rates are comparable to existing and…
Fundamental physics could be described as having a muon problem. Discrepancies between theory and experiment in a number of muonic measurements ($r_P$, $a_\mu$, $H\rightarrow\mu\tau$, $\mathcal{R}_K$, $\mathcal{R}_{D^*}$) have been observed…
Upcoming fixed-target experiments designed to search for new sub-GeV forces will also have sensitivity to the never before observed True Muonium atom, a bound state of a muon and anti-muon. We describe the production and decay…
In the last twenty years, the theory of hyperfine splitting in muonium developed without any experimental input. Finally, this situation is changing and a new experiment on measuring hyperfine splitting in muonium is now in progress at…
Rare meson decay experiments promise to measure branching ratios as small as $10^{-13}$. This presents an opportunity to discover the $\mu^+\mu^-$ bound state true muonium. We consider a set of possible channels, all with branching ratios…
Applying Discretized Light Cone Quantization, we perform the first calculation of the spectrum of true muonium, the $\mu^+ \mu^-$ atom, as modified by the inclusion of an $|e\bar e >$ Fock component. The shift in the mass eigenvalue is…
Some recent precision experiments in low energy muon physics are discussed. Spectroscopy on the muonium atom, the bound state of a positve muon and an electron, has provided precise tests of standard theory and yielded most precise values…
In this paper we investigate the production of a true muonium state, which is an atom consisting of a $\mu^+ \mu^-$ bound state, by $\gamma \gamma$ interactions in ultraperipheral $PbPb$ collisions considering an accurate treatment of the…
The muon is playing a unique role in sub-atomic physics. Studies of muon decay both determine the overall strength and establish the chiral structure of weak interactions, as well as setting extraordinary limits on…
We study the potential of the LHCb experiment to discover, for the first time, the $\mu^+\mu^-$ true muonium bound state. We propose a search for the vector $1^3S_1$ state, $\mathcal{T\!M}$, which kinetically mixes with the photon and…
True muonium, the bound state of a muon and an antimuon, is a theoretically well-understood but experimentally unobserved exotic atom. Its purely leptonic nature makes it a sensitive probe for bound-state quantum electrodynamics and…
The observed interactions between particles are not fully explained in the successful theoretical description of the standard model to date. Due to the close confinement of the bound state muonium ($M = \mu^+ e^-$) can be used as an ideal…
Searches for new physics using muons are reviewed. Particular attention is paid to muon number non-conserving processes, like the decay muon-->e+gamma and muon-electron conversion in muonic atoms. Also, experimental determinations and…
Uncertainty of the theoretical prediction for the hyperfine splitting in the ground state of muonium is considered. It is compared with the respective discussion in the two most recent CODATA adjustments of the fundamental physical…
We review the theory of the Lamb shift for muonium, provide an updated numerical value and present the prospects of the Mu-MASS collaboration at PSI to improve upon their recent measurement. Due to its smaller nuclear mass, the…
The true muonium $(\mu\bar{\mu})$ bound state presents an interesting test of light-cone quantization techniques. In addition to exhibiting the standard problems of handling non-perturbative calculations, true muonium requires correct…
True muonium (TM) -- the bound state of $\mu^+\mu^-$ -- has not been discovered yet. It was demonstrated that searching for TM via $\gamma\gamma$ fusions in heavy ion collisions is feasible due to the enhancement of the atom number. We…
The electromagnetic interactions of electrons and muons can be described to very high accuracy within the framework of standard theory, in particular within the hydrogen-like muonium atom. Therefore precision measurements allow to test…