Re: [Phys-l] Muon Catalyzed Fusion

[chuck britton <cvbritton@embarqmail.com>]

a bit of history?

If I remember correctly - there was a paper on muonic fusion about to  
be published by some Utah researchers that MIGHT have 'rushed' the  
Pons & Fleishmann  team into announcing  their breakthrough.


On Dec 13, 2007, at 1:15 PM, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

> Reality of tiny muoninc hydrogen-like atoms was demonstrated by the
> analysis of their X-ray spactra. The idea of relying on such
> short-lived atoms, to facilitate spontaneous fusion of hydrogen nuclei
> (in tiny D2 molecules) was investigated Alvarz. Even without
> complicating factors (mentioned above) the conclusion was that the
> half-life of muons is too short for practical applications of the  
> idea.
> That was about 20 years ago.
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