From: dietz@dls.net   
      
   Iain McClatchie wrote:   
   > Henry, Gordon,   
   >   
   > once again you provide fascinating info.  Thanks.   
   >   
   > It sounds like fusion in the Sun is rate limited by the production of   
   > deuterium.  So it sounds like exploding a nuclear bomb in the sun   
   > is very similar to simply releasing the equivalent mass of deuterium   
   > at sufficient depth.  The local fusion rate goes up, consumes all the   
   > deuterium, and then drops right back down again.   
   >   
   > But I wonder about deuterium production being sped up by the local   
   > pressure and temperature around the bomb's fireball.   
      
   The p+p reaction is very slow, so it's doubtful much would happen.   
      
   Now, if the Sun were a really old red dwarf (>> current age of the universe),   
   it would have accumulated a lot of 3He in its core.  It might be possible   
   to get *that* to explode.   
      
   	Paul   
      
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