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Scattering of muonic hydrogen atoms

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Our measurement compares the energy dependence of the scattering cross-sections of muonic deuterium and tritium on hydrogen molecules for collisions in the energy range 0.1–45 eV. A time-of-flight method was used to measure the scattering cross-section as a function of the muonic atom beam energy and shows clearly the Ramsauer–Townsend effect. The results are compared with theoretical calculations by using Monte Carlo simulations. The molecular pdµ and ptµ formation creates background processes. We measure the formation rates in solid hydrogen by detecting the 5.5 MeV (pdµ) and 19.8 MeV (ptµ) γ-rays emitted during the subsequent nuclear fusion processes.

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  1. Université de Fribourg, CH-1700, Fribourg, Switzerland

    F. Mulhauser, R. Jacot-Guillarmod & P. Knowles

  2. Institute of Nuclear Physics, PL-31 342, Cracow, Poland

    A. Adamczak

  3. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 2Y2

    G.A. Beer, M. Maier, A. Olin & T.A. Porcelli

  4. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980, Russia

    V.M. Bystritsky & V.A. Stolupin

  5. Institute of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, PL-30 150, Cracow, Poland

    M. Filipowicz & J. Wozniak

  6. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 2A6

    M.C. Fujiwara

  7. Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, USA, MN 56082

    T.M. Huber

  8. University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    P. Kammel

  9. Jeonbuk National University, 560-756, Jeonju City, S. Korea

    S.K. Kim

  10. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA

    A.R. Kunselman

  11. Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232, Villigen, Switzerland

    V.E. Markushin & C. Petitjean

  12. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 2A3

    G.M. Marshall

  13. Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    J. Zmeskal

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Mulhauser, F., Adamczak, A., Beer, G. et al. Scattering of muonic hydrogen atoms. Hyperfine Interactions 119, 35–44 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012646316638

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