Thermonuclear reaction rates derived from thick target yields

A new technique to extract thermonuclear reaction rates from thick target yield data is described. This technique is applied to a number of experimental yields and the resulting values of N/subA/(sigmav) are fitted to parametric forms suggested by W. A.Fowler and by J. W.,Truran. Reported here are (p,γ) reactions on the nuclei 10B, 12C, 28,29Si, 40Ca, 46,47Ti, 50Cr, 54,56Fe, 58,60,61Ni, 64,67Zn, 70Ge, and 92,95,98,100Mo; the (p, α) reaction on 10B; and (p,n) reactions on 68Zn, 74Ge, 76Ge, and 95,96Mo