Experiments with energetic [mu]d and [mu]t emitted from solid hydrogen

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

OSTI ID:6560333

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

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: 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: 6560333
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40333-136; CONF-9206276--5; ON: DE93010252
• 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
ATOMS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DEUTERIUM
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MUON-CATALYZED FUSION
MUONIC ATOMS
NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
RADIATION TRANSPORT
RADIOISOTOPES
SOLIDS
STABLE ISOTOPES
SYNTHESIS
TEMPERATURE RANGE
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0000-0013 K
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
TRITIUM
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES