English

Positron annihilation in the MuPs system

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-05-28 v6 Atomic Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

The life-time of the four-body atomic system MuPs (μ+e2e+\mu^{+} e^{-}_2 e^{+} or muonium-positronium) against positron annihilation has been evaluated as τ=1Γ4.0764531010\tau = \frac{1}{\Gamma} \approx 4.076453 \cdot 10^{-10} secsec. Various annihilation rates for MuPs are determined to a good numerical accuracy, e.g., Γ2γ\Gamma_{2 \gamma} \approx 2.446485109\cdot 10^{9} sec1sec^{-1}, Γ3γ\Gamma_{3 \gamma} \approx 6.62798106\cdot 10^{6} sec1sec^{-1}, Γ4γ\Gamma_{4 \gamma} \approx 3.61680103\cdot 10^{3} sec1sec^{-1}, Γ5γ\Gamma_{5 \gamma} \approx 6.32973 sec1sec^{-1}. The hyperfine structure splitting for the ground state in the MuPs system has also been evaluated as Δ\Delta = 23.078 MHzMHz.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1107.3595,
  title  = {Positron annihilation in the MuPs system},
  author = {Alexei M. Frolov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.3595},
  year   = {2015}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-21T18:38:36.673Z