Muon-Catalyzed Fusion and Fusion with Polarized Nuclei

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages xiii-xiii
Ways Toward Fusion....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Muon-Catalyzed Fusion: A Short Introduction and a Few Comments....Pages 9-17
Muon-Catalyzed Nuclear Fusion for Energy Production....Pages 19-53
Theory of Cross-Section for Formation of Meso-Molecules....Pages 55-66
Decay Modes of Meso-Molecules....Pages 67-72
Can 250 + Fusions Per Muon be Achieved?....Pages 73-88
The Development of μCF Studies at SIN....Pages 89-97
Sticking in Muon-Catalyzed D-T Fusion....Pages 99-115
Present Activity on Muon-Catalyzed Fusion at KEK and Future Development....Pages 117-131
Muon-Catalyzed X-ray Laser and Neutron Pulses....Pages 133-139
Accelerators for μ-Production....Pages 141-150
On the Production of Pions and Muons for the Purposes of Muon-Catalyzed Fusion....Pages 151-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Polarized Advanced Fuel Reactors....Pages 161-168
Application of Polarized Nuclei to Fusion....Pages 169-178
Depolarization of Spin Polarized Plasmas by Collective Modes....Pages 179-194
Uncollided Neutron Fluences in a Mirror-Like Machine (MFTF-B) with Polarized DT Plasmas....Pages 195-206
The Effects of Polarized Plasma Nuclei in the Tokamak Configuration....Pages 207-212
Sources of Polarized Nuclei....Pages 213-234
Prospects for Polarizing Solid DT....Pages 235-247
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion by Magnetic Confinement — State of the Art and Strategy....Pages 251-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Muon Catalyzed Fusion....Pages 263-267
Fusion with Spin-Polarized Nuclei....Pages 269-271
Back Matter....Pages 273-288