Effect of Excited States on Thermonuclear Reaction Rates

Abstract

Values of the ratio of the thermonuclear reaction rate of a reaction, with target nuclei in a thermal distribution of energy states, to the reaction rate with all target nuclei in their ground states are tabulated for neutron, proton and (X-particle induced reactions on the naturally occurring nuclei from 2°Ne to 70Zn, at temperatures of 1, 2, 3·5 and 5 x 109 K. The ratios are determined from reaction rates based on statistical model cross sections.