Muon-catalyzed fusion in 'warm-fusion'

摘要

In this paper formulate the hypothesis that in a molecule $D_2 O$ (in acluster of heavy water $(D_2 O)_N)$ when its specific energy is of the order of150 eV one of the molecular bonds $O - D$ is changed into $O - D_{\mu}$ i.e. amolecule $D_2 O$ transforms into a muonic molecule. This postulate is necessaryto explain the experiment which was carried out in Brookhaven NationalLaboratory (USA).