The explanation of unexpected temperature dependence of the muon catalysis in solid deuterium
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✦ hep-ph
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deuteriumformationsolidapproximateatomscatalysisconstancycross-section
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It is shown that due to the smallness of the inelastic cross-section of the $d\mu$-atoms scattering in the crystal lattice at sufficiently low temperatures the $dd\mu$-mesomolecules formation from the upper state of the hyperfine structure $d\mu (F=3/2)$ starts earlier than the mesoatoms thermolization. It explains an approximate constancy of the $dd\mu$-mesomolecule formation rate in solid deuterium.
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