Experiments with energetic {mu}d and {mu}t emitted from solid hydrogen

Conference · Wed Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10146768

Marshall, G M; Beveridge, J L ^[1]; Bailey, J M ^[2]; Beer, G A; Knowles, P E; Mason, G R; Olin, A ^[3]; Brewer, J H; Forster, B M ^[4]; Huber, T M; Pippitt, B ^[5]; Jacot-Guillarmod, R; Schellenberg, L ^[6]; Kammel, P; Zmeskal, J ^[7]; Kunselman, A R ^[8]; Martoff, C J ^[9]; Petitjean, C ^[10]

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1. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
2. Liverpool Univ. (United Kingdom)
3. Victoria Univ., BC (Canada)
4. British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC (Canada)
5. Gustavus Adolphus Coll., St. Peter, MN (United States)
6. Fribourg Univ. (Switzerland). Inst. de Physique
7. Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna (Austria). Inst. fuer Mittelenergiephysik
8. Wyoming Univ., Laramie, WY (United States)
9. Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
10. Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)

A set of experiments is reviewed which makes use of the emission of muonic deuterium from the surface of a layer of solid hydrogen. The behavior of muons in a solid target system has been studied via detection of muon decay electrons, muonic x-rays, and fusion products (neutrons and charged particles). The emission of muonic deuterium is understood to result from the Ramsauer-Townsend scattering minimum. The energy distribution of the emitted atoms ranges from tenths of eV to about 10eV, and can be controlled to some extent. A proposal is described to use muonic tritium emission to measure the energy dependence of muonic molecular formation.

• Research Organization: Wyoming Univ., Laramie, WY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-87ER40333
• OSTI ID: 10146768
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40333--136; CONF-9206276--5; ON: DE93010252; IN: COO-2197-136
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOM TRANSPORT
DEUTERIUM
EMISSION
FUSION REACTIONS
HYDROGEN
MUON-CATALYZED FUSION
MUONIC ATOMS
PHYSICS OF RADIATIONS OTHER THAN NEUTRONS
SOLIDS
SPECIAL ATOMS AND MOLECULES
SYNTHESIS
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0000-0013 K
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