Muonic Atom Production and the Effect of μd 1s Loss on X-Ray Generation in a Two-Layer Setup of H2/D2–D2

Abstract

A new effort has been undertaken to model the effect of μd 1s muonic atom loss on the number of X-rays generated by combination of negative slow muons with ions implanted in the two-layer hydrogen setup of H2/D2–D2. Until now, this effect has not been investigated theoretically. Here a solid hydrogen-deuterium layer (H2/D2) has been used for μd 1s production. For ion implantation and characteristic muonic X-ray generation, a small amount of solid deuterium (a mixture of ortho and para states) has been kept on the solid H2/D2 at temperature 3 K. The μd 1s loss rate and the integrated number of X-photons have been determined. Our results of X-ray yields are in good accord with those experimental reported by Strasser et al. We expect the effect of μd 1s loss to provide a scaling of about 10 %, making overall agreement better, compared to our previous work.