Observation of unexpected density effects in muon-catalyzed d-t fusion
- 10 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 56 (6) , 588-591
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.56.588
Abstract
New experimental results on muon-catalyzed d-t fusion are reported. Unexpected target-density effects have been discovered both in dtμ molecular formation in tμ+ collisions and in the effective sticking probability. The dtμ formation rate is significantly enhanced at high density, presumably because of a strong three-body contribution. The origin of the observed reduction of the sticking probability at high density remains unclear. Both effects increase the number of fusions per muon that can be achieved; 150±4(stat.)±20(syst.) fusions per muon have been observed.
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