Experimental Study of Nuclear Fusion Reactions in Muonic Molecules ptμ and pdμ
摘要
Abstract
Nuclear fusion reactions proceeding from various spin states of muonic molecules ptμ and pdμ were studied. For the first time, reaction channels for the synthesis of nuclei of such mu-molecules with the formation of pairs: gamma quanta were observed ptμ → 4Heμ + γ + γ, pdμ→ 3Heμ + γ + γ, as well as electron-positron pairs ptμ → 4Heμ + e+ + e–. Measurement data for synthesis channels ptμ → 4Heμ + γ and ptμ → 4He + μconv are in good agreement with data from other studies. In addition, the value of the theoretical ratio of the yield of e+e–-pairs to the yield of conversion muons in pt—fusion reactions has been experimentally confirmed.