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Experimental investigation of muon-catalyzed dt fusion in wide ranges of D/T mixture conditions

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A vast program of the experimental investigation of muon-catalyzed dt fusion was performed on the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research phasotron. Parameters of the dt cycle were obtained in a wide range of the D/T mixture conditions: temperatures of 20–800 K, densities of 0.2–1.2 of the liquid hydrogen density (LHD), and tritium concentrations of 15–86%. In this paper, the results obtained are summarized.

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  1. Delft University of Technology, 2629 JB, Delft, the Netherlands

    V. R. Bom & C. W. E. van Eijk

  2. Russian Federal Nuclear Center All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics, Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod oblast, 607200, Russia

    A. M. Demin, A. N. Golubkov, S. K. Grishechkin, V. G. Klevtsov, A. V. Kuryakin, R. K. Musyaev, V. V. Perevozchikov, Yu. I. Vinogradov, A. A. Yukhimchuk & S. V. Zlatoustovskii

  3. Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow oblast, 141980, Russia

    D. L. Demin, V. V. Filchenkov, N. N. Grafov, K. I. Gritsaj, A. D. Konin, S. V. Medved’, A. I. Rudenko, S. A. Yukhimchuk & V. G. Zinov

  4. Russian Research Center Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, 123182, Russia

    M. P. Faifman

  5. St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188350, Russia

    S. M. Sadetsky

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From Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, Vol. 127, No. 4, 2005, pp. 752–779.

Original English Text Copyright © 2005 by Bom, A. Demin, D. Demin, van Eijk, Faifman, Filchenkov, Golubkov, Grafov, Grishechkin, Gritsaj, Klevtsov, Konin, Kuryakin, Medved’, Musyaev, Perevozchikov, Rudenko, Sadetsky, Vinogradov, A. Yukhimchuk, S. Yukhimchuk, Zinov, Zlatoustovskii.

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Bom, V.R., Demin, A.M., Demin, D.L. et al. Experimental investigation of muon-catalyzed dt fusion in wide ranges of D/T mixture conditions. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 100, 663–687 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1926428

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