Faddeev calculations of muonic-atom collisions: Scattering and fusion in flight

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.53.255· OSTI ID:277300

Kvitsinsky, A A; Hu, C ^[1]; Cohen, J S ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, California State University, Long Beach, California 90840 (United States)
2. Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

The Faddeev approach is used to study {ital s}-wave scattering and fusion in flight for the muonic-atomic systems {ital p}+{ital p}{mu}, {ital d}+{ital d}{mu}, {ital t}+{ital t}{mu}, {ital d}+{ital t}{mu}, and {ital t}+{ital d}{mu} in a broad energy range below the {ital n}=2 threshold of the target muonic atom. Clear manifestations of near-threshold virtual states in the {ital p}+{ital p}{mu} and {ital t}+{ital t}{mu} systems are seen, e.g., in large amplifications of the fusion-in-flight reaction rates near zero energy. Peaks and minima (essentially exact zeros for the symmetric systems) in the fusion-in-flight rates are also seen at finite energies. In the case of {ital d}+{ital t}{mu}, the fusion-in-flight rate (at liquid-hydrogen density) reaches a value of 3.40{times}10{sup 6} s{sup {minus}1} for collisions at 76.3 eV, which may be compared with the rate 1.14{times}10{sup 5} s{sup {minus}1} at thermal energies. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• OSTI ID: 277300
• Journal Information: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 53; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
AMPLIFICATION
ATOM COLLISIONS
FADDEEV EQUATIONS
FUSION YIELD
MUONIC ATOMS
MUONIUM
S WAVES
SCATTERING
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS