Some thoughts on the production of muons for fusion catalysis

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986 · J. Fusion Energy; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01050613· OSTI ID:6748205

Chapline, G; Moir, R; Cohn, D R

For muon-catalyzed fusion to be of practical interest, a very efficient means of producing muons must be found. We describe here some schemes for producing muons that may be more energy efficient than any heretofore proposed. There are, in particular, some potential advantages of creating muons from collisions of high-energy tritons confined in a magnetic mirror configuration. If one could catalyze 200 fusions per muon and employ a uranium blanket that would multiply the neutron energy by a factor of ten, one might produce electricity with an overall plant efficiency (ratio of electric energy produced to nuclear energy released) approaching 30%.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
• OSTI ID: 6748205
• Journal Information: J. Fusion Energy; (United States), Journal Name: J. Fusion Energy; (United States) Vol. 5:3; ISSN JFEND
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
BEAM DYNAMICS
BEAM LUMINOSITY
BEAMS
BOSONS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
COLLIDING BEAMS
CROSS SECTIONS
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY BALANCE
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FERMIONS
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
HADRONS
INELASTIC SCATTERING
INTERACTIONS
ION BEAMS
LEPTONS
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
MESONS
MULTIPLE PRODUCTION
MUON-CATALYZED FUSION
MUONS
MUONS MINUS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PIONS
PIONS MINUS
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
SCATTERING
STORAGE RINGS
SYNTHESIS
TARGETS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
TRITIUM TARGET
TRITON BEAMS
TRITON REACTIONS