Estimate the height of the Coulomb barrier between two protons as follows: the strong nuclear interaction potential

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Estimate the height of the Coulomb barrier between two protons as follows: the strong nuclear interaction potential between two protons at large separation is given by eq. (14.5)

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Add to this the repulsive Coulomb potential given in eq. (18.8)

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Show that there sulting potential has a maximum at ? 5.5 fm, where its value is VC ? 0.2 MeV.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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