Investigation of the Source of µt Atoms and Muon Catalyzed Fusion in the Multilayer Solids of Hydrogen Isotopes

Abstract

Investigation of optimum conditions in muon catalyzed fusion (μCF) is very important for increasing the fusion yield. Usually a μCF target is considered in the form of a mixture of liquid, gas or solid layers. For this purpose a 3- solid layer of hydrogen isotopes, HT/D2/DT has been suggested by the other researchers. In this paper, this suggestion is investigated, and it is shown that the proposed 3-layer, decreases the fusion yield. Then, a multilayer of the HT and D2 in a sphericalarrangement is proposed to increase the fusion yield, and its conditions are studied. It is shown that in the proposed multi- layer, the fusion yield increases about 30 percent in comparison with one DT layer, while, the tritium concentration should be rare up to Ct=0.01. For this purpose, production of µt atoms beam by interring muons into a HT solid layer is investigated. The Ramsauer-Townsend effect and transfer of muon from µp to µt atoms are important parameters in this investigation.

Keywords

• muon catalyzed fusion
• µt atoms source
• solid multilayer
• ht/d2/dt