μCF STUDY OF D/T AND H/D/T MIXTURES IN HOMOGENEOUS AND INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM, AND COMPARISON OF THEIR FUSION YIELDS

Abstract

Muon reactivation coefficient are determined for muonic He [Formula: see text] for up to six (n = 1, 2, 3, …, 6) states of formation and at temperature Tp = 100 eV and for various relative ion densities. In the next decade it may be possible to explore new conditions for further energy gain in muon catalyzed fusion system, μCF, using nonuniform (temperature and density) plasma states. Here, we have considered a model for inhomogeneous μCF for mixtures of D/T and H/D/T. Using coupled dynamical equations it is shown that the neutrons yield per muon injection, Yn (neutrons/muon), in the dt branch of an inhomogeneous H/D/T mixture is at least 2.24 times higher than similar homogeneous systems and this rate for a D/T mixture is 1.92. Also, we have compared the neutron yield in the dt branch of homogeneous D/T and H/D/T mixtures (temperature range T = 300–800 K , and density ϕ = 1 LHD). It is shown that Yn(D/T)/Yn(H/D/T) = 1.32, which is in good agreement with recently measured experimental values. In other words our calculations show that the addition of protonium to a D/T mixture leads to a significant decrease in the cycling rate for the physical conditions described herein.