Download or read book Muon catalyzed Fusion Effects in the Precision Measurement of Muon Capture on the Deuteron written by Michael H. Murray and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The MuSun experiment will measure the rate of muon capture on the deuteron to 1.5~\% precision. This reaction is related to solar $pp$ fusion and the $\nu d$ scattering reaction at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory through effective field theories like chiral perturbation theory. The Gamow-Teller transition in all of these processes contains a single unknown low-energy constant that determines the strength of the axial coupling to the two-nucleon system. Muon capture on the deuteron provides a precise and theoretically clean determination of this low-energy constant. The capture rate is determined by comparing the free muon lifetime to a 10~ppm measurement of the lifetime of negative muons stopped in a deuterium target. MuSun achieves this precision by tracking muons with a cryogenic time-projection chamber to ensure they stop in deuterium. This dissertation characterizes and quantifies a systematic measurement error known as fusion interference, which is a class of tracking error caused by muon-catalyzed fusion reactions following the muon stop. An efficiency difference between events with and without fusion leads to a non-exponential decay time distribution and causes a shift in the measured lifetime. The design and operation of the MuSun experiment and the data analysis procedures are summarized. A formalism is developed to describe the parameters of fusion interference and a correction procedure based on a specialized muon tracking algorithm is presented.
Download or read book A Direct Measurement of the Final Sticking Probability in Muon Catalyzed Deuterium tritium Fusion and Associated Neutron Detection Measurements written by Thomas Anthony Case and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy Research Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Muonic Atoms and Molecules written by Schaller and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Sunday evening, April 5, until Thursday afternoon, April 9, 1992,49 scientists from 10 countries met at the Centro Stefano Franscini on Monte VeritA overlooking Ascona, in the state of Ticino in Switzerland, for an international workshop on Muonic Atoms and Molecules. More than two-thirds of the participants presented their results in talks of 20 to 40 minutes' duration. In addition, Prof. Gabriele Torelli gave, under the patronage of the Ministro del Ambiente of the state of Ticino, Dr. Mario Camani, a lecture in Italian entitled "Un modo insolito di studiare Ie proprieta nucleari, atomiche e chimiche". The scientific program commenced on Monday morning with discussions centering on nuclear muon capture and nuclear fusion and fission, moving on to muonic atom spectroscopy in the afternoon. All of Tuesday was devoted to muon catalyzed fusion and muon transfer. On Wednesday morning, different aspects of hot muonic atoms were discussed, followed by informal gatherings in the afternoon and evening. On Thursday morning we took a look at the prospects for the TRIUMF and PSI meson factories, and new experimental methods. The conference was brought to a close in the afternoon with C.P. summarizing the events of the past days. The two organizers want to thank all participants for their contributions and for the lively discussions which often followed the different talks.
Download or read book A Precision Measurement of Nuclear Muon Capture on 3He written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy Research Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semiannual, with semiannual and annual indexes. References to all scientific and technical literature coming from DOE, its laboratories, energy centers, and contractors. Includes all works deriving from DOE, other related government-sponsored information, and foreign nonnuclear information. Arranged under 39 categories, e.g., Biomedical sciences, basic studies; Biomedical sciences, applied studies; Health and safety; and Fusion energy. Entry gives bibliographical information and abstract. Corporate, author, subject, report number indexes.
Download or read book Measurement of Muon Capture on the Proton to 1 Precision and Determination of the Pseudoscalar Coupling G sub P written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The MuCap experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute has measured the rate?{sub S} of muon capture from the singlet state of the muonic hydrogen atom to a precision of 1%. A muon beam was stopped in a time projection chamber filled with 10-bar, ultrapure hydrogen gas. Cylindrical wire chambers and a segmented scintillator barrel detected electrons from muon decay.?{sub S} is determined from the difference between the?{sup −} disappearance rate in hydrogen and the free muon decay rate. The result is based on the analysis of 1.2×101°?{sup −} decays, from which we extract the capture rate?{sub S} =(714.9±5.4{sub stat} ±5.1{sub syst}) s{sup −1} and derive the proton's pseudoscalar coupling g{sub P} (q20 =−0.88m2{sub?})=8.06±0.55.
Download or read book Physics Briefs written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Multisensor Fusion written by Anthony K. Hyder and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 929 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For some time, all branches of the military have used a wide range of sensors to provide data for many purposes, including surveillance, reconnoitring, target detection and battle damage assessment. Many nations have also attempted to utilise these sensors for civilian applications, such as crop monitoring, agricultural disease tracking, environmental diagnostics, cartography, ocean temperature profiling, urban planning, and the characterisation of the Ozone Hole above Antarctica. The recent convergence of several important technologies has made possible new, advanced, high performance, sensor based applications relying on the near-simultaneous fusion of data from an ensemble of different types of sensors. The book examines the underlying principles of sensor operation and data fusion, the techniques and technologies that enable the process, including the operation of 'fusion engines'. Fundamental theory and the enabling technologies of data fusion are presented in a systematic and accessible manner. Applications are discussed in the areas of medicine, meteorology, BDA and targeting, transportation, cartography, the environment, agriculture, and manufacturing and process control.
Download or read book Introductory Muon Science written by Kanetada Nagamine and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-16 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muons are unstable elementary particles that are found in space, which can also be produced in particle accelerators to an intensity a billion times greater than that occurring naturally. This book describes the various applications of muons across the spectrum of the sciences and engineering. Scientific research using muons relies both on their basic properties as well as the microscopic interaction between them and surrounding particles such as nuclei, electrons, atoms and molecules. Examples of research that can be carried out using muons include muon catalysis for nuclear fusion, the application of muon spin probes to study microscopic magnetic properties of advanced materials, electron labelling to help in the understanding of electron transfer in proteins, and non-destructive element analysis of the human body. Cosmic ray muons can also be used to study the inner structure of volcanoes.
Download or read book Fusion Energy Update written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Muon Capture in p mu d Molecules written by I-Tung Wang and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effect of the Nuclear D t Resonance on Muon Sticking in Muon Catalyzed Fusion written by J. Révai and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nuclear Science Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Precise Measurement of Muon Lifetime at Brookhaven National Laboratory Muon Storage Ring written by Tao Qian and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Atomic Molecular and Optical Science written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book responds to the call for a clear description of the role of basic science in meeting societal needs. It gives examples of societal benefits of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) science in a number of key areas, including industrial technology, information technology, energy, global change, defense, health and medical technology, space technology, and transportation. This volume highlights the role of lasers in trapping, cooling, and manipulating individual atoms and molecules to make possible ultraprecise atomic clocks, structural engineering at the atomic level (nanotechnology), and new approaches to the study of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). AMO science is shown to be a field that is both an intellectually important basic science and a powerful enabling science that supports many other areas of science and technology.
Download or read book Precision Lifetime Measurement on Positive and Negative Muons written by S. L. Meyer and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
