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Survey of experimental results on μCF including hyperfine effects

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Complementary to the investigations of the most efficient dt cycle, also the other muon-induced fusion cycles in mixtures of hydrogen isotopes have been studied. The results of these dedicated experiments provide rich information about muon-induced few-body reactions and contribute significantly to a better overall understanding of μCF. A summary of the recent progress will be presented. Special emphasis will be put on two characteristic examples, namely a new experimental approach to study the muonic cascade in H-D mixtures and the systematic study of hyperfine effects in muon-induced reactions.

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  1. Institut für Mittelenergiephysik, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Boltzmanngasse 3, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

    P. Ackerbauer, W. H. Breunlich, M. Fuchs, S. Fussy, M. Jeitler, P. Kammel, B. Lauss, J. Marton, W. Prymas, J. Werner & J. Zmeskal

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

    K. Lou & C. Petitjean

  3. Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-8046, Garching, Germany

    P. Baumann, H. Daniel, F. J. Hartmann, W. Schott, T. von Egidy & P. Wojciechowski

  4. Institute de Physique de l'Universite, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

    D. Chatellard, J. P. Egger & E. Jeannet

  5. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA

    T. Case & K. M. Crowe

  6. Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87545, Los Alamos, NM, USA

    R. H. Sherman

  7. I.V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    V. Markushin

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Ackerbauer, P., Breunlich, W.H., Fuchs, M. et al. Survey of experimental results on μCF including hyperfine effects. Hyperfine Interact 82, 243–258 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01027964

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