ENERGY-DISTRIBUTIONS OF EXCITED MUONIC ATOMS IN DEUTERIUM-TRITIUM GAS-MIXTURES

Energy distributions of excited muonic atoms in deuterium-tritium gas mixtures are presented together with the primary energy distribution i n the ground state. Results have been obtained using the existing theo retical data for collision-induced and radiative transitions in excite d muonic atom for the principal quantum number n less than or equal to 12. They indicate that Auger and radiative transitions may play an im portant role in the determination of these energy distributions. It w as also shown that inclusion of muon transfer via decay of the metasta ble (dt mu) molecule formed in the (t mu)(2s) + D-2 collision signifi cantly influences the population of d mu atoms in the ground state.