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Nuclear reactions inside the water molecule

A scheme, analogous to the linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO), is used
to calculate rates of reactions for the fusion of nuclei con¯ned in molecules. As an
example, the possibility of nuclear fusion in rotationally excited H2O molecules of
angular momentum 1¡ is estimated for the p + p + 16O ! 18Ne¤(4:522; 1¡) nuclear
transition. Due to a practically exact agreement of the energy of the Ne resonance
and of the p + p + 16O threshold, the possibility of an enhanced transition probability
is investigated. / Physics / M.Sc.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/625
Date30 June 2005
CreatorsDicks, Jesse
ContributorsRakityansky, S.A.
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDissertation
Format1 online resource (viii, 53 leaves)

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