Time of flight spectroscopy with muonic hydrogen

Conference · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10175174

Marshall, G M ^[1]; Bailey, J M ^[2]; Beer, G A ^[3]

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1. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
2. Liverpool Univ. (United Kingdom)
3. Victoria Univ., BC (Canada); and others

Time of flight techniques coupled with muonic deuterium and tritium atoms in vacuum can be used to measure parameters important in the understanding of muon catalyzed fusion interactions. Muonic deuterium atomic beams with energy of order 1 eV have been produced via transfer and emission from solid hydrogen containing small deuterium concentrations. Measurements of energy loss in pure deuterium are presented which test calculations of {sigma}{sub {mu}d+D}. Muonic tritium beams should be produced in a similar way, with an energy distribution which overlaps the predicted muonic molecular (d{mu}t) formation resonances. The existence of resonances is crucial for high cycling rates in muon catalyzed fusion, but direct experimental verification of strengths and energies is not yet possible by other means. Results of simulations demonstrate how the resonance structure might be confirmed.

• 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); North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels (Belgium)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-87ER40333
• OSTI ID: 10175174
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40333--142; COO--2197-142; CONF-9304145--4; ON: DE94017056; BR: KB0101000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MUONIC ATOMS
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TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS
TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD