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Muon Motion Induced by a Superintense Laser in Muon‐Catalyzed Fusion
Author(s) -
Wu T. C.,
Shi C. H.,
An W. K.,
Zhang X.,
Qiu X. J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.200810054
Subject(s) - muon , laser , femtosecond , physics , atomic physics , plasma , pulse (music) , nuclear physics , nuclear fusion , pulse duration , fusion , optics , linguistics , philosophy , detector
Considering the mixture after muon‐catalyzed fusion ( μ CF) reaction as overdense plasma, we study muon motion in the plasma produced by a superintense linearly polarized femtosecond laser pulse. Muon drift along the propagation of laser radiation remains after the end of the laser pulse. At the peak laser intensity of 10 21 W/cm 2 , muon goes from the skin layer into field‐free matter at short time which is much less than the pulse duration, before the laser pulse reaches its maximum. Besides, the influence of the laser on other particles in the plasma is less. Hence, this work can avoid muon sticking to alpha ( α ) effectively and reduce muon‐loss probability in μ CF. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)