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This article is from the Fusion FAQ, by Robert F. Heeter heeter1@llnl.gov with numerous contributions by
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27 Recent Results in Muon-Catalyzed Fusion (Fusion)
(Based on information provided by Steven Jones of BYU.)
Steven Jones posted on April 30:
>In article <1994Apr27.214422.17681@debug.cuc.ab.ca>,
>Lforbes@debug.cuc.ab.ca writes:
>
>>I have heard little lately (last year or so) about muon catalyzed
>>fusion; have there been any noteable developments?
>
>Not lately. Not much has happened since DoE decided to cut funding
>in 1988, the year *before* cold fusion hit the fan, incidentally.
>Despite the funding cut, we were able to do some experiments at
>LAMPF in 1989 and 1990, and we recently published a paper
>on results:
>S.E. Jones, S.F. Taylor and A.N. Anderson, "Evaluation of
>muon-alpha sticking from liquid, non-equilibrated d-t targets
>with high tritium fractions,"
>Hyperfine Interactions 82 (1993) 303-311.
>
>Other groups (PSI, Russia) are plugging along, and we're trying to
>work out an international collaboration with them which looks
>fairly good right now, though funding is tight.
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