DECAY OF BOUND MUONS IN CARBON TETRACHLORIDE,

Abstract

The percentages of decay of negative muons in chlorine and carbon were computed in the following manner. Both positive and negative muon decays were recorded by the apparatus. These raw counts were converted to a rate curve that measured the total decay rate in counts/ microsecond. A least square analysis was applied to the rate equation. The results of this analysis showed that the percentage of negative muons that decay in the chlorine was 93 plus or minus 8%. This result is in excellent agreement with the ''Z Law'' which predicted that 92% of the negative muons decay in chlorine. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0423000

Entities

People

  • Harold Eugene Wakitsch

Organizations

  • University of Utah

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Carbon Tetrachloride
  • Chlorine
  • Equations
  • Microsecond Time

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.