The instability of Beryllium-8 requires that the final namesake participant in this reaction must collide immediately after the first collision, creating a third power dependence on reactant concentration.
Nomoto showed that the rate of this process is much faster than originally thought by approximating the solution to a nonresonant quantum many-body problem. The energy generation equation for this reaction is a power law equation centered on 100 million Kelvin and dependent on density squared and temperature to the 41st.This reaction was predicted based on a 7.7 M-E-V resonance with an excited state of the (*) final product. Hoyle stated that this reaction must exist to explain the abundance of atoms heavier than carbon. The instability of Beryllium-8 requires that the final namesake participant in this reaction must collide immediately after the first collision, creating a third power dependence on reactant concentration. It causes the helium flash in lower mass giant stars. For 10 points, name this fusion reaction which produces carbon from three helium nuclei.
Nomoto showed that the rate of this process is much faster than originally thought by approximating the solution to a nonresonant quantum many-body problem.
triple alpha process [accept Salpeter process; prompt on anything involving the word "fusion" or "nuclear fusion" until mention]