<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:math>-Mesonic Molecules. II. Molecular-Ion Formation and Nuclear Catalysis

Cohen, S.; Judd, D.L.; Riddell, Robert J.

doi:10.1103/physrev.119.397

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“…This problem has been approached perturbatively [80], in the single channel approximation of the adiabatic expansion method [81], and by Fermi's pseudopotential method (within the first Born approximation) [76,77]. The influence of the electron screening is more important for the elastic scattering than for the inelastic one.…”

Section: Thermalization Of Muonic Atomsmentioning

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Muon catalysed fusion Chemical confinement of nuclei within the muonic molecule dtμ

Froelich¹

1992

Advances in Physics

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Negative muons may be used as a catalyst to fuse hydrogen nuclei into helium. The necessary confinement of nuclei is obtained on a microscopic scale by chemical bonding within 'exotic' muonic molecules such as dtla, without the extreme physical conditions required for macroscopic plasma confinement in Tokamaks and laser reactors. Fusion energy released by muon catalysis exceeds the rest-mass energy of participating muons, which triggered questions about suitability of this process for energy production. The present article reviews the theoretical studies of the microscopic events constituting the fusion chain. The aim of these studies is to optimize the fusion yield by understanding its dependence on the macroscopic conditions such as temperature, fuel density and/or composition. Apart from the energy production aspects, the field of muon catalysed fusion (txCF) is also a wonderful example of interdisciplinary basic research combining exotic chemistry with atomic, nuclear, and particle physics. While the IxCF reactions occur for all hydrogen isotopes, the present review emphasizes the theoretical and experimental results obtained for the case of dtla,

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Section: Thermalization Of Muonic Atomsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Muon catalysed fusion Chemical confinement of nuclei within the muonic molecule dtμ

Froelich¹

1992

Advances in Physics

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“…The screening effect in the first order of perturbation theory was first calculated in Ref. [17]. The alternative approach to the electron screening was also presented in Refs.…”

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Muon Transfer in Hydrogen Isotopic Mixtures

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Direct and inverse muon transfer between atomic orbits of muonic hydrogen isotopes is considered in the WKB approximation. The corresponding cross sections, calculated as functions of collision energy, are different above the thresholds for the inverse transfer and approach common limits depending on the principal quantum number and hydrogen isotopes. The comparison of results obtained by integration over impact parameter and by summation over angular momentum is also presented.

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“…2. It should be noted that all of the reactions 1782 (1)- (10) are in competition with the normal decay of the muon yr -> e~+ v-\-v. The possibility that a heavy, weakly interacting particle could catalyze a hydrogen isotope fusion reaction was first proposed by Frank.…”

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“…Fetkovitch et al 7 have investigated the muon catalysis of the deuteron-deuteron fusion reaction by stopping negative muons in a liquid-deuterium bubble chamber and detecting the 3-MeV proton arising from reaction (10).…”

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Muon Reactions in Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Deuterium

Doede

1963

Phys. Rev.

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The reactions of muons in liquid hydrogen containing a low concentration of deuterium, pfi-\-d -> dp+p -» (djjip) + -> He 3 +^~(a) or (He 3 ju) + +7(b), and in liquid deuterium containing a low concentration of hydrogen, dtx+p-> (<^iO + ->He 3 +M~(c) or (He 3 /x) + +7(d), and djx+d-* (dfd) + ->H.e*+n+fT(e) or p+t+f(f) t have been investigated using the Chicago 9-in. bubble chamber. Using previously determined values for the formation and fusion rates of the (djjtp) + ion in hydrogen in conjunction with a theoretical determination of the population of the various hyperfine levels in the (djjtp) + ion, reaction (a) is found to occur in (15 ±1.5)% of all {dfxp) + fusion reactions. The formation rate of the (dixd) + ion in liquid deuterium is found to be X drf =(3.6±1.3)Xl0 5 sec" 1 . The fusion rate of the (dfid) + is X d / = (2.5±0.04)X10 5 sec" 1 , and the fraction of muons which, having catalyzed reaction (e), are subsequently bound in a (He 3 /0 + muonic ion is (0.31 ±0.0034). The rate of de-excitation to the lower hyperfine level of the d/j, muonic atom via the reaction dfi(3/2)+d-*d+dn(l/2) has been investigated and found to be (7.9±2.8)X10 5 sec-1 n-\-n-\-v is discussed.

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μ-Mesonic Molecules. II. Molecular-Ion Formation and Nuclear Catalysis

Cited by 40 publications

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Muon catalysed fusion Chemical confinement of nuclei within the muonic molecule dtμ

Muon catalysed fusion Chemical confinement of nuclei within the muonic molecule dtμ

Muon Transfer in Hydrogen Isotopic Mixtures

Muon Reactions in Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Deuterium

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