Coulomb barrier

English

Noun

Coulomb barrier (plural Coulomb barriers)

1. (physics) the barrier between two atomic nuclei, due to Coulomb repulsion, that has to be overcome for nuclear fusion to proceed

See also

• Coulomb's constant
• Coulomb's law
• Coulomb attraction
• Coulomb blockade
• Coulomb collision
• Coulomb explosion
• Coulomb force
• Coulomb gauge
• Coulomb repulsion
• coulometer
• coulometric
• coulometry