Axil Axil wrote:
The first reaction to occur is meson production which as nothing to do with fusion:
Well, that is partially true - mesons come first after the laser pulse. No one cares, since mesons have incredibly short lifetimes.
The main point is that mesons very quickly into muons. *Muons catalyze fusion in deuterium.*
Muon catalyzed fusion has been known for 75 years. It would be next to impossible to avoid fusion when muons and deuterons are both present.
The bottom line is this: if there is to be net gain, deuterium must be used because fusion provides the usable gain - not mesons or muons which decay too far away to provide gain.
Jones
