Experimental survey of the sticking problem in muon catalyzed dt fusion |
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| Authors: | C. Petitjean D. V. Balin V. N. Baturin P. Baumann W. H. Breunlich T. Case K. M. Crowe H. Daniel Yu. S. Grigoriev F. J. Hartmann A. I. Ilyin M. Jeitler P. Kammel B. Lauss K. Lou E. M. Maev J. Marton M. Mühlbauer G. E. Petrov W. Prymas W. Schott G. G. Semenchuk Yu. V. Smirenin A. A. Vorobyov N. I. Voropaev P. Wojciechowski J. Zmeskal |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland;(2) Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI), 188350 Gatchina, Russia;(3) Physics Department, Technical University Munich (TUM), D-8046 Garching, Germany;(4) Institute for Medium Energy Physics (IMEP), Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-1090 Vienna, Austria;(5) Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) and UCB, 94720 Berkeley, CA, USA |
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| Abstract: | The  sticking process dt   + n, which constitutes the most severe limit to the number of fusions which a muon can catalyze, is reviewed. Many attempts were made to determine by calculations and measurements the probability for initial sticking s0 (immediately after dt fusion) and for final stickings (after the came to rest). Previous results based on neutron disappearance rates and on the observation of -X-rays were controversial and also in some disagreement with theory. New data are reported from PSI on direct observation of final sticking, using a setup with the St. Petersburg ionization chamber. These data mark a significant improvement in reliability and may clarify questions concerning previous discrepancies. The new results iss (0.56±0.04)%, lower than the theory predictions=(0.65±0.03)%, at medium density. |
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