Density dependent stopping power and muon sticking in muon catalyzed D-T fusion

Conference · Tue Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 1988 · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6526875

Rafelski, H E; Mueller, B

The origin of the experimentally observed (1) density dependence of the muon alpha sticking fraction ..omega../sub s/ in muon catalyzed deuterium- tritium fusion is investigated. We show that the reactivation probability depends sensitively on the target stopping power at low ion velocities. The density dependence of the stopping power for a singly charged projectile in liquid heavy hydrogen is parametrized to simulate possible screening effects and a density dependent effective ionization potential. We find that, in principle, a description of the measured density dependence is possible, but the required parameters appear too large. Also, the discrepancy with observed (He..mu..) X-ray data widens.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, Cape, Town, RSA
• OSTI ID: 6526875
• Report Number(s): CONF-8805170-; TRN: 89-005727
• Journal Information: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States), Vol. 181:1; Conference: Muon catalyzed fusion workshop, Sanibel Island, FL, USA, 2 May 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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MUON REACTIONS
MUON-CATALYZED FUSION
TRITIUM TARGET
ALPHA PARTICLES
ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS
CAPTURE
DENSITY
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FUSION YIELD
MUONIC MOLECULES
NEUTRONS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
NUCLEAR FUELS
STOPPING POWER
THEORETICAL DATA
ATOM COLLISIONS
BARYONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
COLLISIONS
DATA
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY SOURCES
FERMIONS
FUELS
HADRONS
INFORMATION
LEPTON REACTIONS
MATERIALS
MESIC MOLECULES
MOLECULES
NUCLEAR REACTION YIELD
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
NUMERICAL DATA
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
REACTOR MATERIALS
SYNTHESIS
TARGETS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
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