In reply to Nigel Dyer's message of Wed, 30 Aug 2017 09:22:51 +0100: Hi, >In the text of the wikipedia page about proton proton fusion > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton%E2%80%93proton_chain_reaction > >It says that in the first stage, when two protons fuse, a gamma ray >proton is produced.
That's because you are not reading it correctly. The gamma ray photons mentioned come from the ensuing positron-electron annihilation, not from the initial reaction. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
