Muon capture, continuum random phase approximation and in-medium renormalization of the axial-vector coupling constant

Abstract

We use the continuum random phase approximation to describe the muon capture on C-12, O-16 and Ca-40. We reproduce the experimental total capture rates on these nuclei to better than 10% using the free nucleon weak form factors and two different residual interactions. However, the calculated rates for the same residual interactions are significantly lower than the data if the in-medium quenching of the axial-vector coupling constant is employed.

14 pages + 3 figures (postscript files attached), Caltech preprint #MAP-174 (May 1994)

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