TY - JOUR
T1 - Design for detecting recycling muon after muon-catalyzed fusion reaction in solid hydrogen isotope target
AU - Okutsu, Kenichi
AU - Yamashita, Takuma
AU - Kino, Yasushi
AU - Nakashima, Ryota
AU - Miyashita, Konan
AU - Yasuda, Kazuhiro
AU - Okada, Shinji
AU - Sato, Motoyasu
AU - Oka, Toshitaka
AU - Kawamura, Naritoshi
AU - Kanda, Sohtaro
AU - Shimomura, Koichiro
AU - Strasser, Patrick
AU - Takeshita, Soshi
AU - Tampo, Motonobu
AU - Doiuchi, Shogo
AU - Nagatani, Yukinori
AU - Natori, Hiroaki
AU - Nishimura, Shoichiro
AU - Pant, Amba Datt
AU - Miyake, Yasuhiro
AU - Ishida, Katsuhiko
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Prof. Kimitaka Itoh (Chubu University) for valuable discussions and encouragement. This work was financially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP17J02032, JP20K14381, JP21H00160, JP18H05461, and JP18H05464.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Muon-catalyzed fusion (μCF) is a cyclic reaction where a negatively charged muon acts as a catalyst for nuclear fusion between hydrogen isotopes. The muon exists in the molecular orbital of the unifying nuclei during the nuclear fusion. The muon with the kinetic energy of the orbital is expected to leave after the nuclear fusion. This muon is called “recycling muon” because it finds the other fusion target nearby and starts the subsequent fusion reaction until the ends of its intrinsic lifetime. The recycling muon has valuable information about the nuclear reaction. In this study, we designed a setup to observe the recycling muons released from a solid hydrogen target using a newly developed charged particle transport method.
AB - Muon-catalyzed fusion (μCF) is a cyclic reaction where a negatively charged muon acts as a catalyst for nuclear fusion between hydrogen isotopes. The muon exists in the molecular orbital of the unifying nuclei during the nuclear fusion. The muon with the kinetic energy of the orbital is expected to leave after the nuclear fusion. This muon is called “recycling muon” because it finds the other fusion target nearby and starts the subsequent fusion reaction until the ends of its intrinsic lifetime. The recycling muon has valuable information about the nuclear reaction. In this study, we designed a setup to observe the recycling muons released from a solid hydrogen target using a newly developed charged particle transport method.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112712
DO - 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112712
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108003016
SN - 0920-3796
VL - 170
JO - Fusion Engineering and Design
JF - Fusion Engineering and Design
M1 - 112712
ER -