We have measured the nuclear capture rate of negative muons by deuterons in μd atoms. The experiment was performed by stopping negative muons in a target of ultrapure gaseous hydrogen at 7.6 atm with 5.2% deuterium and looking at the outgoing neutrons. The result is Λₑₓₚₜ=451±70 sec^-1.
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