NUCLEAR-FUSION VIA TRIPLE COLLISIONS IN SOLAR PLASMA

Authors
BELYAEV VB MONAKHOV DE SHEVCHENKO N SOFIANOS SA RAKITYANSKY SA BRAUN M HOWELL LL SANDHAS W
Citation
Vb. Belyaev et al., NUCLEAR-FUSION VIA TRIPLE COLLISIONS IN SOLAR PLASMA, Nuclear physics. A, 631, 1998, pp. 720-722
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759474
Volume
631
Year of publication
1998
Pages
720 - 722
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9474(1998)631:<720:NVTCIS>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We consider several nuclear fusion reactions that can take place at th e center of the sun, which are omitted in the standard pp-chain model. More specifically the reaction rates of the nonradiative production o f He-3, Be-7, and B-8 nuclei in triple collisions involving electrons are estimated within the framework of the adiabatic approximation. The se rates are compared with those of the corresponding binary fusion re actions.