Abstract: | The Geant4 CHIPS model simulates both decay and nuclear capture of negative muons. In hadron level models the muon is captured
by a proton, p(μ,νμ)n , and the neutron transfers to the nucleus only 5MeV, which is not enough to split a nucleon from the nucleus, while the
measured spectra of emitted nucleons reach 80MeV. In CHIPS, which considers asymptotically free quark-partons, the muon can
be captured by a quark, u(μ,νμ)d , and transfers 52MeV to the nucleus. This capture mechanism fits the main part of the nucleon spectra, while the high-energy
part of the spectra is not fitted. A precise fit of the high-energy part of the nucleon spectra can be made if the muon decay
μ → dˉνμ is taken into account. |