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Epithermal effects in muon-catalyzed dt fusion: comparison of experimental data with theoretical predictions

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Very high dtμ molecular formation rates for epithermal (i.e., not thermalized) muonic tritium atoms have been observed in experiments and are predicted by theory. The present detailed analysis shows qualitative agreement although further calculations will be needed to reach a complete understanding of all processes involved. The importance of epithermal effects for a correct description of muon-catalyzed fusion phenomena has been confirmed.

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  1. IMEP, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

    M. Jeitler, W. H. Breunlich, M. Cargnelli, P. Kammel, J. Marton, N. Nägele, P. Pawlek, A. Scrinzi, J. Werner & J. Zmeskal

  2. Technical University of Munich, Germany

    H. Bossy, H. Daniel, F. J. Hartmann, G. Schmidt & T. von Egidy

  3. Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

    C. Petitjean

  4. University of California and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA

    J. Bistirlich, K. M. Crowe, M. Justice & J. Kurck

  5. Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

    R. H. Sherman

  6. ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    W. Neumann

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Jeitler, M., Breunlich, W.H., Cargnelli, M. et al. Epithermal effects in muon-catalyzed dt fusion: comparison of experimental data with theoretical predictions. Hyperfine Interact 82, 391–406 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01027975

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