MUONIC MOLECULES IN LIQUID HYDROGEN,

Abstract

The yield and time distribution of 5.5-mev gamma rays from the fusion reaction p d yields He3 gamma. The reaction was catatyzed by muons from the Nevis Synchrocyclotron which were stopped in a target containing high purity liquid hydrogen. A digitron of 30 nsec resolving time was used to study the yield of gamma rays as a function of the time that elapsed between the stopping of a muon and the emission of a gamma ray, and as a function of the deuterium concen tration, which was varied from 1 ppm to 25%. The yield of fusion gamma rays was observed to in crease with increasing deuterium concentration until it reached a saturation value of (14.0 = 2.4)% at 1% concentration. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0410985

Entities

People

  • Edward J. Bleser

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Deuterium
  • Emission
  • Gamma Rays
  • Hydrogen
  • Liquid Hydrogen
  • Molecules
  • Saturation
  • Synchrocyclotrons
  • Thermonuclear Reactions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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