No worries (and thanks). I hope folks get something out of it. It's refreshing my memory as well, I've forgotten heaps.
Your notes look spot on to me Pete. I listed four PP chains as when I was getting the links I noticed Wiki also listed He3 + H1. I've never seen that reaction listed in any doco on the PP chains before, but figured Wiki was more upto date. They do however say "never been observed".
Wiki also lists the pep reaction to produce deuterium (1H + e- + 1H > 2H). In this case, rather than one proton undergoing beta+ decay, a proton undergoes electron capture.
Andrew.
Last edited by AGarvin; 20-02-2007 at 08:04 PM.
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