Negative muon (μ
-) with the mass of 207 times electron mass, when it is injected into a mixture of D
2 and T
2, can take a small molecular orbit around the nucleus d and t, causing a nuclear fusion reaction by suppressing a Coulomb repulsion. After this fusion reaction catalyzed by the μ
-, it is liberated and forms a small molecule again, … and finally the fusion reaction can be repeated up to more than 100 times. In the present short report, the status of experimental studies is reviewed with a comment on the future perspectives.
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