Condensed matter effects on nuclear fusion rates in laboratory and astrophysical environments

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · International Journal of Theoretical Physics; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00671799· OSTI ID:5763650

E, Kim Y; Yoon, J H ^[1]; Rabinowitz, M ^[2]

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1. Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN (United States)
2. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (United States)

Previously overlooked condensed matter effects (CME) can significantly influence nuclear fusion rates in both laboratory and astrophysical environments. In dense plasmas, the ensemble of fusing particles has a significant exchange of kinetic and potential energies. Thus, there are diminished effective flux velocities resulting in a significant selective reduction of fusion rates. The authors CME predictions are testable in laboratory experiments and have broad-ranging implications on the fusion rates for stellar media in general. By calculating reaction rates for p(p,e[sup +]v[sub e]) D and [sup 7]Be(p,[gamma])[sup 8]B in the sun, they show that CME help to solve the solar neutrino problem.

• OSTI ID: 5763650
• Journal Information: International Journal of Theoretical Physics; (United States), Vol. 32:7; ISSN 0020-7748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
BERYLLIUM 7 TARGET
PROTON REACTIONS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
NUCLEAR REACTION KINETICS
BORON 8
SOLAR NEUTRINOS
BARYON REACTIONS
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BORON ISOTOPES
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HADRON REACTIONS
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
INTERACTIONS
ISOTOPES
KINETICS
LEPTONS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MILLISEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEON REACTIONS
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTION KINETICS
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
SOLAR PARTICLES
SOLAR RADIATION
STELLAR RADIATION
SYNTHESIS
TARGETS
700360* - Fusion Reactions- (1992-)