3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2025
Nuclear Fusion Enhancement by Heavy Nuclear Catalysts
Christopher Grayson, Johann Rafelski
We seek to understand the effect of high electron density in the proximity of a heavy nucleus on the fusion reaction rates in a hot plasma phase. We investigate quantitatively the…
hep-ph2025
Quarks to Cosmos: Particles and Plasma in Cosmological evolution
Johann Rafelski, Jeremiah Birrell, Christopher Grayson +2
We describe in the context of the particle physics (PP) standard model (SM) `PP-SM' the understanding of the primordial properties and composition of the Universe in the temperatur…
nucl-th2024
Self-consistent strong screening applied to thermonuclear reactions
Christopher Grayson, Cheng Tao Yang, Martin Formanek +1
Self-consistent strong plasma screening around light nuclei is implemented in the Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) epoch to determine the short-range screening potential, $eÏ(r)/T \…