Hot muonic deuterium and tritium from cold targets

Conference · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6521103

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]

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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 U

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: DOE; CANSERC; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-87ER40333
• OSTI ID: 6521103
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40333-138; CONF-9204241--2; ON: DE93010254
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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663620* -- Physics of Radiations Other Than Neutrons-- (1992-)
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ATOM TRANSPORT
ATOMS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DEUTERIUM
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
EV RANGE
FERMIONS
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEPTONS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MUONIC ATOMS
MUONS
MUONS MINUS
NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
RADIATION TRANSPORT
RADIOISOTOPES
SLOWING-DOWN
STABLE ISOTOPES
TEMPERATURE RANGE
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0000-0013 K
TRITIUM
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES