TY - JOUR
T1 - New Insights in Muon-Catalyzed [Formula presented] Fusion by using Ortho-Para Controlled Solid Deuterium
AU - Toyoda, Akihisa
AU - Ishida, Katsuhiko
AU - Shimomura, Koichiro
AU - Nakamura, Satoshi N.
AU - Matsuda, Yasuyuki
AU - Higemoto, Wataru
AU - Matsuzaki, Teiichiro
AU - Nagamine, Kanetada
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - For the first time, we observed the dependence of the [Formula presented] formation rate and the [Formula presented] hyperfine-transition rate on the ortho-para state in muon-catalyzed fusion in the solid [Formula presented] state, and found that the effect is even opposite to a recent theoretical prediction. We also determined the back-decay rate and the hyperfine-transition rate via scattering in solid state by using the ortho-para dependence. A theory to describe properly our experimental result is called for to understand the nature of muon-catalyzed fusion in the solid state.
AB - For the first time, we observed the dependence of the [Formula presented] formation rate and the [Formula presented] hyperfine-transition rate on the ortho-para state in muon-catalyzed fusion in the solid [Formula presented] state, and found that the effect is even opposite to a recent theoretical prediction. We also determined the back-decay rate and the hyperfine-transition rate via scattering in solid state by using the ortho-para dependence. A theory to describe properly our experimental result is called for to understand the nature of muon-catalyzed fusion in the solid state.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.243401
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.243401
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84876296348
VL - 90
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 24
ER -