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The First Observation of the Temperature-Dependent Phenomenon of Muon Catalyzed Fusion in Solid D–T Mixtures

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A systematic study on muon catalyzed fusion (μCF) was conducted in solid deuterium and tritium (D–T) mixture. A variety of experimental conditions were investigated, i.e., tritium concentrations from 20 to 70%, temperatures from 5 to 16 K. A preliminary analysis result suggests a steep decrease in the dtμ-molecule formation rate with decreasing temperature, and also an increase in the probability for a muon reactivation after an α-sticking phenomenon.

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  1. Muon Science Laboratory, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan

    N. Kawamura, K. Nagamine, T. Matsuzaki, K. Ishida, S. N. Nakamura & Y. Matsuda

  2. Meson Science Laboratory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK-MSL), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan

    N. Kawamura & K. Nagamine

  3. Department of Radioisotopes, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI), Tokaimura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan

    M. Tanase, M. Kato, K. Kurosawa & H. Sugai

  4. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Metrology Institute of Japan, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan

    K. Kudo & N. Takeda

  5. ISIS Muon Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK

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Kawamura, N., Nagamine, K., Matsuzaki, T. et al. The First Observation of the Temperature-Dependent Phenomenon of Muon Catalyzed Fusion in Solid D–T Mixtures. Hyperfine Interactions 138, 235–240 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020891910119

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