https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-025-01626-8
Regular Article
Molecular 
fusion reaction
1
Department of Physics, The University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, AZ, USA
2
Department of Physics, Duke University, 27708, Durham, NC, USA
Received:
20
February
2025
Accepted:
4
April
2025
Published online:
18
April
2025
We study (nuclear) fusion reactions in beryllium. We argue that some are nuclear long-distance molecular processes of interest for low-energy nuclear reactions. For these, we develop a novel reaction model. We note a chain of reactions that can naturally arise in beryllium target created by nonequilibrium proton reactions.
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