Speaker
Jonas Nuber
(ETHZ, PSI)
Description
Muonic atom spectroscopy allows for a precise investigation of nuclear properties. At PSI we want to extract the nuclear charge radius of Radium-226 from its muonic x-ray spectrum. To measure the spectrum using only few µg of Radium-226 we have developed an apparatus in which the muons are stopped in a H2/D2 gas mixture and then diffuse towards a disk containing the Radium-226 nuclei. Monte Carlo simulations of the diffusion are used to optimise the cell so that a large fraction of muons reach the target disk. This poster illustrates the simulated physics and the interplay of simulation and measurement.
Author
Jonas Nuber
(ETHZ, PSI)
Co-author
the muX Collaboration
