{
  "id": "nucl-th/0109053",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2001-09-18T19:54:06.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-09-18T19:54:06.000Z",
  "title": "The $μ^-d$ capture rate in effective field theory",
  "authors": [
    "S. Ando",
    "T. -S. Park",
    "K. Kubodera",
    "F. Myhrer"
  ],
  "comment": "15 pages, 1 figure",
  "journal": "Phys.Lett. B533 (2002) 25-36",
  "doi": "10.1016/S0370-2693(02)01619-2",
  "categories": [
    "nucl-th",
    "hep-ph",
    "nucl-ex"
  ],
  "abstract": "Muon capture on the deuteron is studied in heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory (HBChPT). It is found that by far the dominant contribution to $\\mu d$ capture comes from a region of the final three-body phase-space in which the energy of the two neutrons is sufficiently small for HBChPT to be applicable. The single unknown low-energy constant having been fixed from the tritium beta decay rate, our calculation contains no free parameter. Our estimate of the $\\mu d$ capture rate is consistent with the existing data. The relation between $\\mu d$ capture and the $\\nu d$ reactions, which are important for the SNO experiments, is briefly discussed.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2001-09-18T19:54:06.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "12.39.Fe",
      "23.40.-s"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "effective field theory",
      "capture rate",
      "heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory",
      "tritium beta decay rate",
      "single unknown low-energy constant"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 15,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 562977
    }
  }
}