Energy Loss, Electron Screening, and the Astrophysical 3He(d,p)4He cross section

Abstract

We reanalyze the low-energy 3He(d,p)4He cross section measurements of Engstler et al. using recently measured energy loss data for proton and deuteron beams in a helium gas. Although the new 3He(d,p)4He S-factors are significantly lower than those reported by Engstler et al. they clearly show the presence of electron screening effects. From the new S-factors we find an electron screening energy in agreement with the adiabatic limit.

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