Abstract
The muon capture reactions μ − + 6 Li → 6 He(g.s.) + ν μ and μ − + 6 Li → t + t ν μ are studied using the Fujii-Primakoff effective muon capture hamiltonian. For the 6Li and 6He ground states a fully antisymmetrised ( 3He + t) and (t + t) cluster-model wave function (including the shell-model variant) is used. The break-up channel is studied in the context of a plane-wave impulse approximation. The model dependence of the total rates, energy and angular distributions is studied. Good agreement is found with the experimental 6He(g.s.) transition rate. Large deviations from other theoretical estimates and from the only available experiment are observed in the case of the break-up reaction. The possibility of using the break-up reaction in an experiment to determine the muon neutrino mass is discussed.
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