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It has been eight years since the publication of Thermonuclear Reaction Rates by Fowler, Caughlan & Zimmerman (1967) (hereafter referred to as FCZ I) in volume 5 of this series. In the interim an enormous amount of experimental data has been in nuclear laboratories throughout the world and new theoretical and computer-programmed techniques for analyzing these data and applying them to circumstances have been developed. It has been 101 years since Mark Twain spoke so forthrightly, so it is indeed time for another "investment of fact. " In article we revise and update the charged particle reactions involving nuclei with A ≾ 30 in FCZ I, except for the H² (d, γ) He⁴ reaction whose reaction rate is uncertain. Reactions involving neutrons are treated as neutron-producing reactions but factors for calculating the reverse reaction rate are provided as for reactions. We have not revised the rates of the (n, γ) reactions given in FCZ l. To avoid duplication the reader is referred to FCZ I for the basic ideas underlying determination of nuclear reaction rates under astrophysical conditions.
Fowler et al. (Mon,) studied this question.