Nuclear Fusion in Dense Matter

Journal Article · Fri May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.104.191103· OSTI ID:21410720

Sawyer, R F ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (United States)

The standard theory of nuclear fusion rates in strongly interacting plasmas can be (correctly) derived only when the energy release Q is large compared to other energies in the problem. We exhibit a result for rates that provides a basis for calculating the finite Q corrections. Crude estimates indicate a significant defect in the conventional results for some regions of high density and strong plasma coupling. We also lay some groundwork for a path integral calculation of the new effects.

• OSTI ID: 21410720
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 19; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.191103; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CORRECTIONS
DENSITY
MATTER
PATH INTEGRALS
PLASMA
PLASMA DENSITY
REACTION KINETICS
STRONG-COUPLING MODEL
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
INTEGRALS
KINETICS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
PARTICLE MODELS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SYNTHESIS