The composite nucleus itself lives for quite a long time, due to which the choice of the reaction channel itself does not depend at all on the method of formation of the composite nucleus, due to which it «forgets» how it was formed. This becomes the reason for the assertion of the independence of the processes of the organization of the composite core and its disintegration. A striking example can be the situation of the formation of an excited aluminum-27 nucleus in the following ways (2).

But it decays violently in the same way in all cases, provided that the excitation energy is the same. But at the same time, there is also a possibility of reverse decay of any of these reactions, with a certain probability that does not depend on the history of the origin of the excited nucleus itself. If we talk about the probability of such events, then the dependence becomes between the grade of the target nucleus and the energies.

As previously indicated, nuclear reactions can also proceed through a direct channel of interaction at high energies, since the nucleons of the nucleus can be considered as free. The difference from the previous composite core model from the direct reaction model initially consists in the distribution of the momentum vectors of the particles-products of the nuclear reaction, relative to the momentum of the bombarding particles. If spherical symmetry operates in the composite model, then in this case the geometry is simpler and the advantage in choosing the directions of the resulting particles is in the direction of the incoming particles.

Earlier, the concept of the probability of a nuclear reaction was mentioned, which is represented by a quantity called the effective cross section of a nuclear reaction. In the laboratory system of the report, the resting situation of the target nucleus is taken, the probability of interaction is determined by the product of the cross section by the flow of incident particles, while the cross section is expressed in units of area, and the flow in the number of particles crossing the unit area per unit time. The cross section of the nuclear reaction itself is calculated in extremely small units of area – barns equal to 10—24 cm^>2.

The ratio of reaction cases attributed to the number of particles bombarding the target is called the yield of a nuclear reaction. This value is determined experimentally by quantitative measurements, which is associated with the cross—section of reactions, and the measurement of this output is in essence the measurement of the reaction cross-section.

The laws of physics, including conservation laws, of course also apply in nuclear reactions. These laws impose certain restrictions on the possibility of carrying out a nuclear reaction itself. There are also some more specific conservation laws peculiar to the microcosm, an example of such can be the law of conservation of the baryon or lepton number. They are performed on all known reactions, but some other laws of parity conservation, isospin, strangeness, only act in fundamental interactions. The consequence of them is the selection rules that determine the real and impossible nuclear reactions that can be carried out.

The law of conservation of energy in nuclear reactions acts predictably, but very specifically for representatives of the macrocosm. In this case, the equality of the sums of the total energies (3) is fulfilled.

If we paint (3), then we can get (4), from which follows the reaction energy (5), which satisfies (6).