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Title: Muonic x-ray measurement on the. mu. /sup -/ sticking probability for muon catalyzed fusion in liquid d-t mixture

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6265865

A measurement was made for x-rays from muonic (..mu../sup -4/He) atoms in order to obtain the ..mu../sup -/ sticking probability for /sup 4/He following muon catalyzed fusion (..mu..CF) in a liquid d-t mixture with a high T/sub 2/ fraction (30%). Pulsed muon beam was successfully applied to suppress the radiation background due to tritium beta decay. Combined with the neutron time spectrum data, a weak K/sub ..cap alpha../ x-ray peak intensity was converted into an upper limit of the sticking probability of 0.40% with the assumed probability of 25% for excited state formation in muonic (..mu../sup 4/He) atoms after ..mu..CF.

Research Organization:
Tokyo Univ. (Japan). Meson Science Lab.; Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, Saitama (Japan); Tokyo Univ., Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan). Nuclear Engineering Research Lab.; Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-85ER13449; W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
6265865
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/13449-T11; ON: DE87010968
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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