VARIATIONAL CALCULATIONS FOR THE DT-MU MOLECULE INCLUDING NUCLEAR EFFECTS ON STICKING BY MEANS OF THE BLOCH OPERATOR

We investigate the effects of nuclear forces on the eigenvalues and st icking fractions of the ground and excited J = 0 states of the dtmu mo lecule using a variational R-matrix approach. The nuclear boundary con dition is imposed on the entire variational wave function, rather than on the individual elements of the basis, by means of the Bloch operat or. This formulation results in rigorously symmetric variational matri x elements and improved flexibility of the basis at small d-t separati ons. Oui- results for the fusion rates and initial sticking fractions are lambda(f) = 1.25 x 10(12) sec-1 and omega(s)0 = 0.912% for the v = 0 state and LAMBDA(f) = 1.05 x 10(12) sec-1 and omega(s) = 0.912% for the v = 1 state.