Muon-catalyzed fusion: an energy production perspective
Muon-catalyzed fusion: an energy production perspective
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μ介子催化聚变：能源生产的视角
DOI：
10.13182/fst94-a30300
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发表时间：
1994
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通讯作者：
Z. Henis
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作者：
S. Eliezer;Z. Henis
核聚变反应可以在合适的聚变燃料中由μ子（重电子）催化，μ子可以暂时形成非常紧密结合的μ分子。介子可以通过负π介子的衰变产生，而负π介子又是由加速的轻离子束撞击靶产生的。介子催化的核聚变被恰当地称为“冷聚变”，因为核聚变也发生在室温下。对于实际的聚变能产生，似乎需要具有大约液体密度和1000 K量级的温度的氘和氚的燃料混合物。μ子催化聚变的当前状态仅限于证明科学收支平衡，表明有可能维持μ子生产（输入）和催化聚变（输出）之间的能量平衡。从概念上讲，μ子催化的聚变反应堆被视为一种能量放大器，通过聚变反应增加投入核π-μ子束的能量。物理量子…
AbstractThe nuclear fusion reaction can be catalyzed in a suitable fusion fuel by muons (heavy electrons), which can temporarily form very tightly bound mu-molecules. Muons can be produced by the decay of negative pions, which, in turn, have been produced by an accelerated beam of light ions impinging on a target. Muon-catalyzed fusion is appropriately called “cold fusion” because the nuclear fusion also occurs at room temperature. For practical fusion energy generation, it appears to be necessary to have a fuel mixture of deuterium and tritium at about liquid density and at a temperature of the order of 1000 K. The current status of muon-catalyzed fusion is limited to demonstrations of scientific breakeven by showing that it is possible to sustain an energy balance between muon production (input) and catalyzed fusion (output). Conceptually, a muon-catalyzed fusion reactor is seen to be an energy amplifier that increases by fusion reactions the energy invested in nuclear pion-muon beams. The physical quan...