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View SchemaElectronic stopping in astrophysical fusion reactions
| Authors | C. A. Bertulani |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/0401002 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0401002 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.physletb.2004.01.082 |
| Journal | Phys.Lett. B585 (2004) 35-41 |
Abstract
The stopping power of protons and deuterons in low energy collisions with helium gas targets is investigated with the numerical solution of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger coupled-channels equations using molecular orbital wavefunctions. It is shown that at low projectile energies the energy loss is mainly due to nuclear stopping, charge exchange, and the excitation of low energy levels in the target. The second and third mechanisms, called electronic stopping, dominate for E>200 eV. At lower energies it is also shown that a threshold effect is responsible for a quick drop of the energy loss. This investigation sheds more light on the long standing electron screening problem in fusion reactions of astrophysical interest.
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