Physics of reacting particle swarms. II. The muon-catalyzed cold fusion cycle

Multiple fusion reactions in a deuterium–tritium mixture catalyzed by a swarm of muons are analyzed by means of momentum-transfer theory along the lines of the general discussion given in Ref. 7. Energy balance equations for the various reactants are derived and are solved for a particular set of model cross sections, for several mixture temperatures, and tritium fractions. Maximum cycling rate occurs for temperatures near 1600 K and for a tritium fraction of 0.6.