Fusion as Internal Recursive Traversal: The Law of Recursion Applied to Stellar Physics

Paper 2 of 8: The Law of Recursion Applied Across Domains — Don L. Gaconnet, LifePillar Institute for Recursive Sciences

This paper demonstrates that nuclear fusion in stellar cores constitutes internal recursive traversal within a bounded system. The proton-proton chain is a complete recursive architecture: sub-nuclear components exchange energy across internal barriers through the seven-node topology of the Law of Recursion.

Three structural claims are established: (1) the proton-proton chain instantiates the seven-node topology with proton interior, strong force boundary, proton exterior, nuclear plasma medium, and receiving proton structure; (2) each fusion event constitutes a traversal that rewrites the architecture — products are structurally distinct from inputs; (3) the three-stage pp chain maps onto the three-traversal handshake: pp-I initiates (signal), pp-II responds (response), pp-III couples into helium-4 (coupling).

Solar radiation is the excess generated by completed internal recursion. Four falsifiable predictions are derived and confirmed: membrane traversal is required for fusion; rewriting produces specific nuclear products; neutrino flux indicates traversal rate; luminosity scales with recursive capacity.

Author: Don L. Gaconnet | ORCID: 0009-0001-6174-8384 | DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.23893.79843

Keywords:

law of recursion, stellar physics, nuclear fusion, proton-proton chain, seven-node topology, rewriting principle, solar radiation, internal recursion, Coulomb barrier, membrane traversal, neutrino flux, stellar luminosity, recursive sciences, Don Gaconnet

Categories:
Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, Theoretical Physics, Philosophy of Science