In reply to Eric Walker's message of Mon, 7 Sep 2015 17:55:52 -0500: Hi, [snip] >I wrote: > >Another possible reaction: 6Li + 6Li ? 12C. >> > >It occurs to me (perhaps through telepathy) that there's a gamma that would >go along with this particular branch. So either it would be disfavored by >something or that gamma is being short-circuited somehow.
Indeed. That's why I suspect that the more likely reaction is 6Li + 6Li => 3 4He Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html