Published February 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Branching of the PP chains

Creators

  • 1. Western Ontario Univ., London (Canada)

Description

The branching of PP chains is discussed, and it is noted that for a given ratio Y/X of helium and hydrogen abundances by mass that the branching to PP III increases continuously as the temperature increases. It is found that for a given temperature there is a critical Y/X for which the branching to PP III is maximum. For higher values, the branching to PP III is shown to decrease. The critical value of X has been calculated as a function of temperature. The impact of the existence of this maximum on the evolution of the solar neutrino counting rate is considered. 5 references

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Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
Applied to solar neutrinos

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophys. J.
Journal Volume
325
Series
Astrophys. J.
Journal Page Range
476-479
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOA