Reactions of protons with light nuclei

Reactions of protons with H, H, H Table 4. The elastic scattering of protons by protons is one of the fundamental reactions of nuclear physics and has 

10 cm at 1 MeV is too small for investigation in the laboratory although it is large enough to make the reaction important astrophysically (Salpeter ). The state of the deuteron is not bound, and attempts to excite it by inelastic scattering always lead to disintegration of the deuteron, as shown in the reaction pn) 2 H. The theory of this process has been worked out by Frank and 

See articles on two and three body problem in Vol. XXXIX of this Encyclopedia 

Gammel 2 who give the angular distribution of the protons emitted in transitions to the continuum states. Experimental information on the details of the deuteron disintegration is rather scanty but observations of the total cross section and angular distribution have been made 

Burcham Nuclear Reactions, Levels, and Spectra of Light Nuclei. Sect. 29. 

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Table 5- Reactions of protons with light nuclei (A> 4).

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