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Existence and transitions properties of three-deuteron muonic molecule (3d 2e- μ-)

V. B. Belyaev, D. E. Monakhov, S. A. Sofianos, W. Sandhas

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/9711056

Abstract

We calculated the energy and the size of the three-deuteron muonic molecule (3d 2e- μ-) = D3 μ. It turns out that this system possesses two equilibrium positions, one at distances typical for muonic molecules and a second one at the usual molecular size. We show, moreover, that the fusion probability of the three deuterons is considerably enhanced due to the existence of a 6Li* threshold resonance. Our estimates indicate that this probability is considerably higher than the decay rate of the competing Auger transition.

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