TY - JOUR
T1 - Production of the smallest QED atom
T2 - True muonium (μ+μ-)
AU - Brodsky, Stanley J.
AU - Lebed, Richard
PY - 2009/5/26
Y1 - 2009/5/26
N2 - The "true muonium" (μ+μ-) and "true tauonium" (Ï.,+Ï.,-) bound states are not only the heaviest, but also the most compact pure QED systems. The rapid weak decay of the Ï., makes the observation of true tauonium difficult. However, as we show, the production and study of true muonium is possible at modern electron-positron colliders.
AB - The "true muonium" (μ+μ-) and "true tauonium" (Ï.,+Ï.,-) bound states are not only the heaviest, but also the most compact pure QED systems. The rapid weak decay of the Ï., makes the observation of true tauonium difficult. However, as we show, the production and study of true muonium is possible at modern electron-positron colliders.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=66149102397&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=66149102397&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.213401
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.213401
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:66149102397
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 102
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 21
M1 - 213401
ER -