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Hot muonic deuterium and tritium from cold targets

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OSTI ID:10154609
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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)
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Experiments are described which use a solid hydrogen layer to form muonic hydrogen isotopes in vacuum. The method relies on transfer of the muon from protium to either a deuteron or a triton. The resulting muonic deuterium or muonic tritium will not immediately thermalize because of the very low elastic cross sections, and may be emitted from the surface of the layer. Measurements which detect decay electrons, muonic x-rays, and fusion products have been used to study the processes. A target has been constructed which exploits muonic atom emission in order to study the energy dependence of transfer and muon 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:
10154609
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/40333--138; CONF-9204241--2; ON: DE93010254; IN: COO-2197-138
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

663620
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ATOM TRANSPORT
DEUTERIUM
EV RANGE
HYDROGEN
MUONIC ATOMS
MUONS MINUS
PHYSICS OF RADIATIONS OTHER THAN NEUTRONS
SLOWING-DOWN
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0000-0013 K
TRITIUM