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Intensities of X rays from pionic atoms in various materials determine the pion capture ratio in carbon and oxygen. A molecular model with transfer from hydrogen has the features necessary to fit the data whereas the Fermi–Teller law (Z-law) fails. Implications for pion dosimetry and radiotherapy and for studies of molecular structure are noted.
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Jackson, D., Lewis, C., O'Leary, K. et al. Molecular effects in pion capture in complex materials. Nature 295, 557–560 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/295557a0
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