Although at least muon-catalyzed cold fusion worked . . . although
in the short life of a muon, it apparently cannot catalyze enough
fusion reactions to make as much energy as it took to make the
muon in the first place, so it is not a great new source of
energy.
Muon-catalyzed fusion is elegant: the muons cause protons to come
closer together! If I remember rightly, a muon as currently produced
by humans must catalyze more than 800 fusion reactions before the
method becomes energy-effective. (I cannot remember how many a muon
catalyzes, but the number is, or was, considerably smaller.)
I was in Provo at the time, and I'll try to find a summary I wrote
of what went on if anyone's interested . . .
Yes, I am curious.
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