0^{-}↔0^{+} beta decay and muon capture in the A=16 nuclei

The muon-capture process ..mu../sup -/ + /sup 16/O(0/sup +/) ..-->.. /sup 16/N* (0/sup -/) + ..nu../sub ..mu../and the ..beta.. decay /sup 16/N* (0/sup -/) ..-->.. /sup 16/O(0/sup +/) + e/sup -/ + nu-bar/sub e/ are analyzed in the elementary particle treatment. Theoretical results are shown to be consistent with experiment and do not support any necessity of a significant upward renormalization of the nucleon form factor g/sub P/ in nuclei as suggested by a previous analysis by Palffy et al. Slight downward renormalization of g/sub P/ is consistent with experimental data.