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In the past, evaluations of the alpha-muon sticking parameter in muon-catalyzed d-t fusion (ω s) have generally been performed for low tritium fractionsC t, where ddμ fusion significantly competes with dtμ formation in the catalysis cycle. Here we use the approach of determiningω s from high-C t data, that is, in deuterium-tritium mixtures withC t ⩾70%. We employed liquid deuterium-tritium targets with low DT admixture to minimize corrections. We will show that this approach results in considerable simplification in the extraction of the sticking parameter. Data were taken at LAMPF during the summers of 1989 and 1990. The value we obtain agrees well with our earlier values and the latest value from PSI, yet remains significantly smaller than theoretical predictions.
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Jones, S.E., Taylor, S.F. & Anderson, A.N. Evaluation of muon-alpha sticking from liquid, non-equilibrated d-t targets with high tritium fractions. Hyperfine Interact 82, 303–311 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01027968
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