On Apr 15, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Mark Iverson wrote:
Could the protons be fusing into Helium (perhaps providing some of
the heat), and then the Helium burning?
-Mark
Yes, however this then provides no explanation for the large amount
of copper.
60Ni28 + 2 p* --> 58Ni28 + 4He2 + 7.909 MeV [-8.973 MeV]
62Ni28 + p* --> 59Co27 + 4He2 + 00.346 MeV [-7.760 MeV]
64Ni28 + 2 p* --> 62Ni28 + 4He2 + 11.800 MeV [-4.734 MeV]
64Ni28 + 4 p* --> 64Zn30 + 4He2 + 25.635 MeV [-9.362 MeV]
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
