https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00214-6
Method of determination of muon catalyzed fusion parameters in H-T mixture
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region,
Russia
Corresponding authors: a bystvm@nusun.jinr.ru - b gerasimo@nusun.jinr.ru
Received:
5
June
2002
Revised:
16
December
2002
Published online:
15
July
2003
A method for measurement of the muon catalyzed fusion parameters μCF in the H-T
mixture is proposed. The kinetics of the mu-atomic and mu-molecular processes
preceding the pt reaction in the 
molecule is described. Analytical expressions are
obtained for the yields and time distributions of γ quanta and conversion muons formed
in nuclear fusion reactions in molecules.
It is shown that information on the desired parameters can be found from the joint
analysis of the time distributions of γ quanta and conversion muons to be obtained in
experiments with the H-T mixture at three (and more) appreciable different atomic
concentrations of tritium.
The experiments with the H-T mixture at the meson facility PSI (Switzerland) are
planned to be optimized to gain the precise information about the desired μCF
parameters.
PACS: 25.10.+s – Nuclear reactions involving few-nucleon systems / 25.60.Pj – Fusion reactions / 36.10.-k – Exotic atoms and molecules (containing mesons, muons, and other unusual particles)
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2003
