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A: Fachverband Atomphysik
A 34: Poster II
A 34.50: Poster
Thursday, March 5, 2009, 16:30–19:00, VMP 9 Poster
Laser-induced nuclear excitation in muonic atoms — •Atif Shahbaz1, Carsten Müller1, Thomas Bürvenich2, Anis Dadi1, and Christoph Keitel1 — 1Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg — 2Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Ruth-Moufang-Str. 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main
Coherent nuclear excitation in strongly laser-driven muonic atoms is calculated. The nuclear transition is caused by the time-dependent Coulomb field of the oscillating charge density of the bound muon. A closed-form analytical expression for electric multipole transitions is derived within a fully quantum mechanical approach and applied to various isotopes. The excitation probabilities are in general very small, though not out of experimental reach. We compare the process with other nuclear excitation mechanisms through coupling with atomic shells and discuss the prospects to observe it in experiment.