On Continuum- and Bound-State l^- Decay Rates of Pionic and Kaonic Hydrogen in the Ground State

TL;DR

This paper calculates the decay rates of pionic and kaonic hydrogen in the ground state for both continuum and bound-state leptonic decays involving electrons or muons.

Contribution

It provides the first detailed calculations of both continuum- and bound-state decay rates for pionic and kaonic hydrogen in the ground state.

Findings

Calculated decay rates for pionic hydrogen.

Calculated decay rates for kaonic hydrogen.

Comparison of decay modes for different leptons.

Abstract

We calculate the continuum- and bound-state l^- decay rates of pionic and kaonic hydrogen in the ground state, where l^- is either the electron or the muon.