On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 7:44 AM, Stefan Israelsson Tampe < [email protected]> wrote:
My thought is the following, if the proton hit the hydrogen atom fast > enough the electron field does not adapt fast enough and I would assume > that the picture is like a bullet penetrating a shield. Here the gamov > factors explain the reaction rate. > I suspect in the present context that it would be hard to accelerate a proton to a velocity of the same order of magnitude as that of the electrons buzzing around. If my understanding is correct, they see something as massive as a proton lumbering along, barely moving, as the bound electrons race around their nuclei many times. Eric
