> > I speculate that the cross section of proton tunneling into nickel is > increased with the proportion of heavy neutron rich nickel isotopes. It’s a > probability thing. > > Reaction performance is increased in the neutron rich heavy nickel > isotopes, but the reaction still occurs in light nickel with a lowered > cross section. > >
Could you point me to the ENDF cross section sigma probability thing you speak of this really interests me? http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/ http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlux/nuc/sigma.htm
