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The energy distribution of compound states populated by nuclear muon capture can facilitate understanding the reaction mechanism. We developed a new method, called the in-beam activation method, to measure the production probability of residual nuclei by muon capture. In the method, decaying
The experiment was performed at the RIKEN-RAL muon facility of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in the UK [2]. The pulsed muon beam impinged on the enriched palladium targets, and
The experimental results were compared with a model calculation using the particle and heavy ion transport system (PHITS) code [3]. The model calculation reproduced the general trend of the obtained branching ratio rather well. In the workshop, we will present the details of the experiment and discuss the properties of compound states produced by muon capture.
[1] M. Niikura et al., Phys. Rev. C 109, 014328 (2024).
[2] T. Matsuzaki et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods A 465, 365 (2001).
[3] S. Abe and T. Sato, J. Nucl. Sci. Tech. 54, 101 (2017).