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Muon-catalyzed fusion was investigated in thin solid deuterium films to determine the experimental feasibility of slow µ− production by detection of dd fusion protons as well as slow µ− collection utilizing a large-acceptance magnetic spectrometer. The spatial distribution of the fusion reaction in the film was extracted, and an optimum thickness for slow µ− emission was deduced. Collected 10 keV µ− were also successfully detected. However, the dd fusion yield being insufficient, we were not able to distinguish slow µ− via µCF from degraded µ−.
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Strasser, P., Ishida, K., Sakamoto, S. et al. µCF experiments in thin deuterium films and progress towards slow µ− production. Hyperfine Interact 101, 539–546 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02227666
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