The Electron-Screening Correction for the Proton-Proton Reaction

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dc.creatorBahcall, John N.
dc.creatorChen, Xuelei
dc.creatorKamionkowski, Marc
dc.date1996-12-21
dc.date1998-02-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:08:23Z
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dc.descriptionWe test the Salpeter formalism for the electron screening of the solar proton-proton fusion reaction by solving numerically the relevant Schrodinger equation. We evaluate exactly the square of the overlap integral of the two-proton wave function and the deuteron wave function and compare with the usual analytic approximation. The usual WKB solution agrees with the numerical result to $O(10^{-4})$. The WKB approximation should be even more precise for the other nuclear fusion reactions in the $pp$ chain and CNO cycles.
dc.description8 pages, RevTeX, some modifications and extensions, to appear in Phys. Rev. C
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9612209
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9612209
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.C57:2756-2759,1998
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevC.57.2756
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/190118
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.titleThe Electron-Screening Correction for the Proton-Proton Reaction
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