Quantum, Multi-Body Effects and Nuclear Reaction Rates in Plasmas
Statistical Mechanics
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
Detailed calculations of the contribution from off-shell effects to the quasiclassical tunneling of fusing particles are provided. It is shown that these effects change the Gamow rates of certain nuclear reactions in dense plasma by several orders of magnitude.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0002262,
title = {Quantum, Multi-Body Effects and Nuclear Reaction Rates in Plasmas},
author = {V. I. Savchenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0002262},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages; change of content: added clarification of one of the important steps in the derivation