https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2006-00057-7
Study of the nuclear fusion in a muonic dμ3He complex
1
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980, Russia
2
University of Science and Technology, Fac. of Fuels and Energy, 30059 Cracow, Poland
3
Department of Physics, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
4
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
5
University of Science and Technology, Fac. Phys. Nucl. Techniques, 30059 Cracow, Poland
Corresponding author: a bystvm@nusun.jinr.ru
Received:
18
July
2005
Revised:
10
October
2005
Published online:
21
March
2006
An experimental study of the nuclear fusion reaction in the charge-asymmetrical d μ3He complex (d μ3He →α (3.5 MeV) + p
(14.64 MeV)) is presented. The 14.64 MeV protons were detected by three pairs of Si(dE-E)
telescopes placed around the cryogenic target filled with D2 + 3He gas at 34 K. The 6.85 keV γ rays emitted during the de-excitation of the d μ3He complex were detected by a germanium detector. The measurements were performed at two D2 + 3He target densities, ϕ= 0.0585
and ϕ= 0.168 (relative to liquid hydrogen density) with an atomic concentration
of 3He c3He =
0.0496.
The values of the effective rate of nuclear fusion in d
μ3He were obtained for the first time: 
; 
. The J=0 nuclear fusion rate in d μ3He was
derived: 
; 
.
PACS: 34.70.+e – Charge transfer / 36.10.Dr – Positronium, muonium, muonic atoms and molecules / 39.10.+j – Atomic and molecular beam sources and techniques / 82.30.Fi – Ion-molecule, ion-ion, and charge-transfer reactions
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2006
