Muon spectroscopy with unstable nuclei

Abstract

The status of a new method to extend muonic atom spectroscopy to the use of radioactive isotope beams is being reported, including the progress of a feasibility study at RIKEN-RAL muon facility. This method would allow studies of the nuclear properties and nuclear sizes of unstable atoms by means of the muonic x-ray method at facilities where both intense negative muon and radioactive nuclear beams would be available.