PROGRESS IN MUON CATALYZED FUSION

The state of the art and the recent progress made in mu-CF is reviewed. Resonant d-mu-d formation is now quantitatively understood, but the d-mu-t kinetics is more complicated and full interpretation still difficult. Experiments demonstrated 100 to 150 dt fusions per muon. The most reliable value for dt sticking is approximately 0.6%. New theoretical results extending over the full energy range, describe now most kinetic processes with high precision and yield ultra large rates for d-mu-t formation at collision energies epsilon almost-equal-to 0.1 - 2 eV. For future exploration the use of H/D/T triple mixtures is discussed. In energy applications, the concept of Yu. Petrovs mu-CF Hybrid Reactor is sketched, in the context of combining it for uranium breeding with the electronuclear channel. There are prospects for using mu-CF for intense neutron sources.