Abstract
It is shown that one can stimulate, by using present day laboratory magnetic fields, transitions between the sublevels of fast ions formed in muon-catalyzed fusion. Strong fields also cause the self-ionization from highly excited states of such muonic ions. Both effects are the consequence of the interaction of the bound muon with the oscillating field of the Stark term coupling the center-of-mass and muon motions of the ion due to the nonseparability of the collective and internal variables in this system. The performed calculations show a possibility to drive the population of the sublevels by applying a field of a few tesla, which affects the reactivation rate and is especially important to the x-ray production in muon catalyzed fusion. It is also shown that the splitting in due to the vacuum polarization slightly decreases the stimulated transition rates.
- Received 15 October 1998
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.59.4264
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