Muon Capture on the Deuteron -- The MuSun Experiment
2010
We propose to measure the rate \Rd\ for
muon captureon the deuteron to better than 1.5% precision. This process is the simplest
weak interactionprocess on a nucleus that can both be calculated and measured to a high degree of precision. The measurement will provide a benchmark result, far more precise than any current experimental information on
weak interactionprocesses in the two-nucleon system. Moreover, it can impact our understanding of fundamental reactions of
astrophysicalinterest, like solar pp fusion and the $\nu+d$ reactions observed by the
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Recent
effective field theorycalculations have demonstrated, that all these reactions are related by one axial two-body current term, parameterized by a single low-energy constant.
Muon captureon the deuteron is a clean and accurate way to determine this constant. Once it is known, the above mentioned
astrophysical, as well as other important two-nucleon reactions, will be determined in a model independent way at the same precision as the measured
muon capturereaction.
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