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Muonium

DEC 01, 1967
With the production and decay of muonium, one can measure hyperfine structure intervals, study weak interactions and observe a rich hydrogen‐like chemistry.
Vernon W. Hughes

MUONIUM IS THE atom consisting of a positive muon and an electron. In this article I review the work that has been done on muonium and has been reported in the Literature. The work started about 10 years ago when parity nonconservation was discovered.

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Vernon W. Hughes. Yale University.

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Volume 20, Number 12

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