UID:
almafu_9960119792802883
Umfang:
1 online resource (ix, 179 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-511-72171-4
Inhalt:
This book covers all aspects of the chemical behaviour of the muon - a rare, short-lived, elementary particle having a mass intermediate between that of the proton and the electron. Muons provide an exceptional opportunity to investigate basic chemical interactions, simply because they are so short-lived: they can thus be studied using the powerful technique of muon spin rotation, in which the yield, decay rate and identity of the muon in several different states is observed. Although originally of principal interest to nuclear and particle physicists, muons have recently become important as probes in solid-state physics and in all phases of chemistry. This book will be a valuable source of information for research scientists, university teachers and graduate students interested in physical chemistry, chemical physics and the application of nuclear science to the life sciences.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Epigraph -- Preface -- Dedication -- Introduction -- 1.1 Muons -- 1.2 Muonium: a light isotope of hydrogen -- 1.3 Other artificial atoms -- 1.4 Positronium -- 1.5 Isotope effects -- 1.6 H-atom reactions -- Summary -- References -- Historical perspectives -- References -- μSR techniques -- 3.1 Muon production and decay -- 3.2 Muon spin rotation (μSR) -- 3.3 Muonium spin rotation (MSR) -- 3.4 Muonium-radical spin rotation (MRSR) -- 3.5 Pulsed μSR -- 3.6 Longitudinal field studies - muon spin relaxation -- 3.7 Other techniques and practical matters -- References -- Analysis and interpretation of μSR data -- 4.1 Diamagnetic muon states (D) -- 4.2 Free muonium atoms -- 4.3 Interconversion of Mu and μ+ (or D) -- 4.4 Muonium-containing free radical studies -- 4.5 Yields of muon states -- 4.6 Transverse versus longitudinal field studies -- 4.7 'Background' relaxation or decay, λ0, of muonium signals -- References -- Some comparisons of μSR with other techniques -- References -- Muon reactivity and muonium formation -- 6.1 Preamble -- 6.2 Diamagnetic muon yields -- 6.3 Muonium yields -- 6.4 Mechanism of muonium formation -- 6.5 Comparison of the 'spur model' applied to muonium and positronium formation -- 6.6 Missing fractions -- References -- Muonium reactions in gases -- 7.1 Preamble -- 7.2 Rate constant measurements -- 7.3 Theoretical studies of muonium reaction rates -- References -- Muonium reactions in solution -- 8.1 Preamble -- 8.2 Mu is neutral -- 8.3 Basic pattern of reactivity of Mu -- 8.4 Diffusion-limited rates -- 8.5 Activation-controlled reactions -- 8.6 Reactions possibly modified by tunnelling -- 8.7 Spin-conversion (spin-exchange) reactions -- 8.8 Muonium reactions with organic molecules -- References -- Free radicals containing muons -- 9.1 Preamble.
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9.2 Isotropic muon-electron hyperfine coupling constants (Aμ) -- 9.3 Isotope effects -- 9.4 Selectivity in Mu-radical formation -- 9.5 Mechanisms of Mu-radical formation, and their yields -- 9.6 Reactions of Mu-radicals -- 9.7 Radical studies in low magnetic fields -- 9.8 Mu-radicals in single crystals -- References -- Muonic atoms - the chemistry of μ− -- 10.1 Preamble -- 10.2 Atomic capture and X-ray production -- 10.3 Muonic atom lifetimes and nuclear capture -- 10.4 Nuclear fusion through muonic hydrogen -- 10.5 μ−SR -- 10.6 Pionic hydrogen -- References -- Concluding chapter -- References -- Appendix -- A Fractional yields -- B Muonium reaction rate constants -- C Hyperfine coupling constants for Mu-radicals -- References -- Index.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-10337-1
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-24241-X
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511721717
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