TY - JOUR
T1 - The first observation of muon-to-alpha sticking K(β) X-rays in muon catalyzed D-T fusion
AU - Nakamura, S. N.
AU - Nagamine, K.
AU - Matsuzaki, T.
AU - Ishida, K.
AU - Kawamura, N.
AU - Matsuda, Y.
AU - Tanase, M.
AU - Kato, M.
AU - Kurosawa, K.
AU - Sugai, H.
AU - Eaton, G. H.
PY - 2000/2/3
Y1 - 2000/2/3
N2 - At the RIKEN-RAL Muon Facility, we have observed K(β) (3p → 1s) μα sticking X-rays from muon catalyzed D-T fusion with various tritium concentrations (C(t) = 0.1 - 0.7) and high density solid and liquid phases. Statistics of K(β) X-rays were not enough to determine the peak shape, but the intensity was obtained with an adequate constraint to the K(β) shape using the theoretically calculated peak shape. No significant dependence of the K(β)/K(α) ratio on these target conditions was found, and our results (Y(K(β))/Y(K(α)) ~ 7%) gave smaller values than the existing theoretical calculations. It suggests an existence of unexplained atomic process in the collision processes between (αμ)+ and condensed media. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
AB - At the RIKEN-RAL Muon Facility, we have observed K(β) (3p → 1s) μα sticking X-rays from muon catalyzed D-T fusion with various tritium concentrations (C(t) = 0.1 - 0.7) and high density solid and liquid phases. Statistics of K(β) X-rays were not enough to determine the peak shape, but the intensity was obtained with an adequate constraint to the K(β) shape using the theoretically calculated peak shape. No significant dependence of the K(β)/K(α) ratio on these target conditions was found, and our results (Y(K(β))/Y(K(α)) ~ 7%) gave smaller values than the existing theoretical calculations. It suggests an existence of unexplained atomic process in the collision processes between (αμ)+ and condensed media. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
KW - Exotic atom
KW - Muon catalyzed fusion
KW - X-ray
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U2 - 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01508-7
DO - 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01508-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034598613
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 473
SP - 226
EP - 232
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
IS - 3-4
ER -