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TLDR

Solar fusion cross‑section data relevant to stellar energy generation and neutrino production are summarized and critically evaluated. The review updates the 1998 work by summarizing workshop conclusions and outlining opportunities to improve key fusion‑rate precision via new facilities, techniques, and theory. The review compiles workshop conclusions from January 2009 at the Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, as a 10‑year update to the 1998 review. Key cross‑section values and uncertainties are recommended, along with a spectrum for $^{8}\mathrm{B}$ solar neutrinos. Mod.

Abstract

The available data on nuclear fusion cross sections important to energy generation in the Sun and other hydrogen-burning stars and to solar neutrino production are summarized and critically evaluated. Recommended values and uncertainties are provided for key cross sections, and a recommended spectrum is given for $^{8}\mathrm{B}$ solar neutrinos. Opportunities for further increasing the precision of key rates are also discussed, including new facilities, new experimental techniques, and improvements in theory. This review, which summarizes the conclusions of a workshop held at the Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, in January 2009, is intended as a 10-year update and supplement to 1998, Rev. Mod. Phys. 70, 1265.