Muon Lifetime in Liquid Argon

Document #:

LARTPC-doc-248-v2

Document type:

Group Presentation

Submitted by:

David Finley

Updated by:

David Finley

Document Created:

02 Feb 2007, 10:01

Contents Revised:

20 Mar 2008, 15:24

Metadata Revised:

20 Mar 2008, 15:24

Abstract:

Here is some information about muon lifetime in various liquids. Recall positive muons do not get captured on the positive nucleus, but negative muons do once they “stop”. For liquid argon, this results in a lifetime about 24% of that in vacuum.

Files in Document:

• Talk given by D. Finley on January 4, 2007 (Muon Lifetime in Argon.doc, 25.5 kB)
• Total nuclear capture rates for negative muons (Suzuki_etal.pdf, 1.6 MB)

Topics:

• Physics

Authors:

• David Finley
• Author OTHER

Notes and Changes:

Clarified the last sentence in the first paragraph.