Muon Physics V3

List of ContributorsPrefaceContents of Other VolumesChapter VII Muon Chemistry and Muons in Solids Section 1 Positive Muons and Muonium in Matter I. Introduction II. Phenomenological Description of Production and Behavior of Polarized Positive Muons III. Deceleration and Thermalization of Positive Muons in Matter IV. Qualitative Behavior of the Muon Spin in Muonium V. Muon Spin Evolution in Quasi-Free Muonium: An Advanced Treatment VI. Chemical Reactions of Muonium and Residual Muon Polarization: Theory VII. Measurements of Reactions of Muonium VIII. Muonium in Solids IX. Quasi-Free Muon Precession and Slow Depolarization X. Concluding Remarks References Section 2 Mesomolecular Processes Induced by μ- and π- Mesons I. Introduction II. Experimental Study of Mesoatomic and Mesomolecular Processes in Hydrogen III. Methods and Results of Theoretical Calculations of Mesoatomic and Mesomolecular Processes IV. Catalysis of Nuclear Reactions by μ- Mesons in Hydrogen V. Influence of the Molecular Structure of Substances on the Course of Mesoatomic Processes VI. Conclusion References Section 3 Depolarization Of Negative Muons and Interaction of Mesonic Atoms with the Medium I. Introduction II. Depolarization of Negative Muons in an Isolated Mesonic Atom III. Polarization Effects Due to the Interaction between Mesonic Atoms and the Medium IV. Procedure for Measuring Depolarization of μ- Mesons V. Depolarization of Negative Muons in Conductors and Semiconductors VI. Depolarization of Negative Muons in Inert Gases VII. Formal Theory of Depolarization of μ- Mesons in Condensed Molecular Media VIII. Depolarization of μ- Mesons in Organic Compounds IX. Depolarization of Negative Muons in Water and in Aqueous Solutions X. Depolarization of μ- Mesons in Inorganic Dielectrics XI. Conclusion ReferencesIndex