title: Nuclear fusion in dense matter.
abstract: The standard theory of nuclear fusion rates in strongly interacting plasmas can be (correctly) derived only when the energy release Q is large compared to other energies in the problem. We exhibit a result for rates that provides a basis for calculating the finite Q corrections. Crude estimates indicate a significant defect in the conventional results for some regions of high density and strong plasma coupling. We also lay some groundwork for a path integral calculation of the new effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106 USA.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Sawyer