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-rwxr-xr-xExamples/Modules/nuclear_fusion/analysis_proton_boron_fusion.py4
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diff --git a/Examples/Modules/nuclear_fusion/analysis_proton_boron_fusion.py b/Examples/Modules/nuclear_fusion/analysis_proton_boron_fusion.py
index dfd47fe9b..8550b8767 100755
--- a/Examples/Modules/nuclear_fusion/analysis_proton_boron_fusion.py
+++ b/Examples/Modules/nuclear_fusion/analysis_proton_boron_fusion.py
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ def E_com_to_p_sq_com(m1, m2, E):
## E is the total (kinetic+mass) energy of a two particle (with mass m1 and m2) system in
## its center of mass frame, in J.
## Returns the square norm of the momentum of each particle in that frame.
- return E**2/(4.*scc.c**2) - (m1**2 + m2**2)*scc.c**2/2. + \
- scc.c**6/(4.*E**2)*((m1**2 - m2**2)**2)
+ E_ratio = E/((m1+m2)*scc.c**2)
+ return m1*m2*scc.c**2 * (E_ratio**2 - 1) + (m1-m2)**2*scc.c**2/4 * (E_ratio - 1./E_ratio)**2
def compute_relative_v_com(E):
## E is the kinetic energy of proton+boron in the center of mass frame, in keV