A note on the quantum-tail effect on fusion reaction rate

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/31/312004MaRDI QIDQ3519447zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexander L. Zubarev

Publication date 14 August 2008

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.4348

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nuclear physics (81V35) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10)

Abstract: A study is made of the power-law tail effect in the quantum particle distribution over momentum on the nuclear fusion reactions. Our results do not support the idea of averaging the fusion reaction cross-section over the momentum distribution postulated and used in many publications.

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