On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > Harry > >> In stars deuterons formation begins with the fusion of two protons > into a diproton. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton%E2%80%93proton_chain_reaction > >> Since the diproton is very unstable it usually fissions soon after by > emitting a positron and a neutrino. > > > This is not accurate. The diproton fissions back into two protons the vast > majority of the time. The Wiki article is not well-worded on this point but > later on it corrects the misunderstanding. It is only the rare occasion > where the positron is emitted - otherwise the Sun would burn up its fuel too > quickly. >
yes > In RPF, Reversible Proton Fusion - the two protons which are immediately > split from nascent He-2 are technically not the original two protons which > fused, since there has been color charge alteration in the quarks during the > brief instant when they were fused. I am interested in "rookie" protons which haven't formed anything beyond a diproton or a deuteron. Harry
