An additional interesting fact is the tiny cross section of the p-p fusion: for a single proton to fuse with another proton it takes roughly 10^10 years - since the density of particles is however quite large in the center of the sun and since the sun is also hilariously large, we still get enough fusion reactions.
@Nicolasmrmr9 жыл бұрын
Hi! I got a doubt! When you say that hydrogen, gamma rays and energy is released as a product of the fusion reaction, what do you mean by energy? Is not that produced energy released in the very form of gamma rays? Or is it something apart from gamma rays? Like the solar spectrum that is given out? Like from gamma rays to, I don't know, infrared or microwaves? Thank you for your videos! Ты крутой:)
@DerPlasma4 жыл бұрын
The energy released in a fusion process is actually spread across all fusion products, i.e. in the p+p step, the Deuterium atom gets a certain amount of kinetic energy, the positron gets some kinetic energy, and then there is some energy for the neutrino.