A. V. Kravtsov and A. I. Mikhailov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, 188350 St. Petersburg, Russia
In the frame of the asymptotic theory of nonadiabatic transitions Coulomb deexcitation of muonic
hydrogen is considered. For the mixture of hydrogen isotopes the rates of charge exchange processes
with deexcitation, direct and inverse, are calculated. The role of inverse quasiresonant charge
exchange in the cascade is discussed. Direct quasiresonant charge exchange is shown to be compensated
by the inverse process at the upper stage of the cascade. The rates of the muon transfer to helium are
calculated.