TY - JOUR
T1 - Discovery of Temperature-Dependent Phenomena of Muon-Catalyzed Fusion in Solid Deuterium and Tritium Mixtures
AU - Kawamura, N.
AU - Nagamine, K.
AU - Matsuzaki, T.
AU - Ishida, K.
AU - Nakamura, S. N.
AU - Matsuda, Y.
AU - Tanase, M.
AU - Kato, M.
AU - Sugai, H.
AU - Kudo, K.
AU - Takeda, N.
AU - Eaton, G. H.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - A systematic experimental study on muon-catalyzed fusion was conducted using a series of solid deuterium and tritium mixtures. A variety of conditions were investigated, i.e., tritium concentrations from 20% to 70%, and temperatures from 5 to 16 K. With decreasing temperature, we observed an unexpected decrease in the muon cycling rate ([Formula presented]) and an increase in the muon loss probability ([Formula presented]). The origins of these observed changes were interpreted by the temperature-dependence in the [Formula presented] formation process for [Formula presented] and that in the muon reactivation process after muon-to-[Formula presented] sticking for [Formula presented].
AB - A systematic experimental study on muon-catalyzed fusion was conducted using a series of solid deuterium and tritium mixtures. A variety of conditions were investigated, i.e., tritium concentrations from 20% to 70%, and temperatures from 5 to 16 K. With decreasing temperature, we observed an unexpected decrease in the muon cycling rate ([Formula presented]) and an increase in the muon loss probability ([Formula presented]). The origins of these observed changes were interpreted by the temperature-dependence in the [Formula presented] formation process for [Formula presented] and that in the muon reactivation process after muon-to-[Formula presented] sticking for [Formula presented].
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.043401
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.043401
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038322660
VL - 90
SP - 4
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 4
ER -