Accurate alpha Sticking Fractions from Improved Three-Body Calculations Relevant for Muon Catalyzed Fusion: Progress Report, September 1, 1986-August 31, 1987

摘要

A summary of major results during the report period is presented in this discussion. Extremely accurate solutions of the Coulomb three-body problem for the td mu ion. This accuracy was achieved by performing variational 3-body calculations for muonic molecular ions with very large basis sets containing nearly 2000 functions. Very accurate Coulomb sticking fractions were calculated and these calculations demonstrated that the discrepancy between calculated and measured values of sticking fractions cannot be explained without considering effects beyond 3-body Coulomb interactions. The influence of strong nuclear forces on the dt mu wave function has also been investigated. (ERA citation 12:036056)