muonic
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muonic (not comparable)
Pertaining to, or composed of muons
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However, in 2010 an international research team published a proton charge radius measurement via the Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen (an exotic atom made of a proton and a negatively charged muon ).
For example, electrons may be replaced by other negatively charged particles such as muons (muonic atoms) or pions (pionic atoms).
Negative muons can, however, form muonic atoms (also called mu-mesic atoms ), by replacing an electron in ordinary atoms.
Retrieved 2010-11-7 The Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen was measured by driving the muon from a 2s state up to an excited 2p state using a laser.
Muon-catalyzed fusion is a technical application of muonic atoms.
Since a muon is more massive than an electron, the Bohr orbits are closer to the nucleus in a muonic atom than in an ordinary atom, and corrections due to quantum electrodynamics are more important.