Systematic Muon Capture Rates in PQRPA

A.R. SAMANA; D. SANDE; F. KRMPOTIC

Maresias

Workshop; ́XXXVI Reunião de Trabalho sobre Física Nuclear no Brasil; 2013

Sociedade Brasilera de Fisica

In this work we performed a systematic study of the inclusive muon capture rates for several nuclei with A <60 using the Projected Random Quasi-particle Phase Approximation (PQRPA) as nuclear model, because it is the only RPA model that treats the Pauli Principle correctly. We reckon that the comparison between theory and data for the inclusive muon capture is not a fully satisfactory test on the nuclear model that is used. The exclusive muon transitions are more robust for such a purpose.