Using Thin Film Targets for Muonic Atoms and Muon Catalyzed Fusion Studies

TL;DR

This paper reviews the use of thin film targets for studying muonic atoms and muon catalyzed fusion, highlighting recent advances and future potential at high-intensity muon sources.

Contribution

It introduces the thin film target technique as an innovative approach to improve muonic atom and fusion studies, with recent results and future research directions.

Findings

Thin film targets offer advantages over bulk targets in muonic studies.

Recent results demonstrate improved control and measurement of muonic processes.

The paper proposes future experiments leveraging high-intensity muon sources.

Abstract

Studies of muonic atoms and muon catalyzed fusion have been conventionally done in a bulk target of gas, liquid or solid hydrogen isotopes. The use of thin film targets developed at TRIUMF have notable advantages in tackling some of the most important questions in the field, which could be further exploited at future high intensity muon sources. We review the technique of the thin film method with emphasis on recent results and a future proposal.