Laser-induced nonresonant nuclear excitation in muonic atoms

作者：Shahbaz A; Mueller C^*; Buervenich T J; Keitel C H

来源：Nuclear Physics A, 2009, 821(1-4): 106-117.

DOI：10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2009.02.008

• Muon-induced nuclear excitation
• Coupling of atomic and nuclear states
• Intense laser-matter interactions

Coherent nuclear excitation in strongly laser-driven muonic atoms is calculated. The nuclear transition is caused by the time-dependent Coulomb field of the oscillating charge density of the bound muon. A closed-form analytical expression for electric multipole transitions is derived and applied to various isotopes; the excitation probabilities are in general very small. We compare the process with other nuclear excitation mechanisms through coupling with atomic shells and discuss the prospects to observe it in experiment.

• 出版日期2009-4-15