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Hydrogen/deuterium-mixtures as a laboratory for the study of the muonic cascade and muon-catalyzed fusion

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We have performed an experiment to investigate various processes induced by muons in hydrogen-deuterium mixtures. Preliminary results are given for cascade X-ray yields, q1s, relative yields of conversion muons and fusion γ-rays, molecular formation and hyperfine transition rates.

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  1. Institute for Medium Energy Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    B. Lauss, P. Ackerbauer, W.H. Breunlich, M. Cargnelli, M. Jeitler, P. Kammel, J. Marton, W. Prymas & J. Zmeskal

  2. Institut de Physique de l'Université, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

    D. Chatellard, J.-P. Egger, F.J. Hartmann & E. Jeannet

  3. Physik Department, TU München, D-85747, Garching, Germany

    H. Daniel, B. Gartner & A. Kosak

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Lauss, B., Ackerbauer, P., Breunlich, W. et al. Hydrogen/deuterium-mixtures as a laboratory for the study of the muonic cascade and muon-catalyzed fusion. Hyperfine Interactions 118, 79–88 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012684503009

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