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Thermalization effects in muon-catalyzed fusion in low-density deuterium-tritium gas

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Reactions of fast, nonthermalized muonio atoms can influence considerably the muon-induced kinetics in low-density mixtures of deuterium and tritium. Starting from muonic-cascade processes a model is developed which provides an alternative interpretation of the large rates and the time distribution of fusion neutrons observed experimentally.

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Work supported by the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Austrian Science Foundation.

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Kammel, P. Thermalization effects in muon-catalyzed fusion in low-density deuterium-tritium gas. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 43, 349–354 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02746965

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