Abstract
Negative muon spin precession experiments by Yamazaki et al. have found giant hyperfine anomalies in muonic atoms ranging from a few percent up to 36%. In order to understand their results, we present Breit interaction calculations based on atomic self-consistent unrestricted Dirac-Fock solutions which explicitly include all electrons and the negative muon. The Breit interaction results (including the relativistic correction for the bound muon g-factor), vary from near zero for μ-O/N to -5% for μ-Pd/Rh; this latter is much larger than the calculated muonic or nuclear Bohr-Weisskopf anomalies and much smaller than the 36% measured value. For μ}Ni/Co we find a calculated range of results (depending on assumed electronic configurations) of -2.3 to -2.7% in excellent agreement with recent measurements of the Yamazaki group. This excellent agreement in μ}Ni/Co provides strong support for the earlier suggestions that the discrepancy in the case of μ-Pd/Rh is due to experimental factors.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 865-872 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Hyperfine Interactions |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 1-4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 1984 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry