Cno cycle Definition and 11 Threads

I would like details on CNO Cycle Carbon Fusion about the exact energy release of an entire cycle through the reaction and other details you would think would be important about the CNO cycle.

Hello physics gurus out there. Can someone please point me in the correct direction. I am looking for reasons why Hydrogen burning is NOT considered to be B+ decay in the standard CNO cycle? Thanks The forgetful one

The CNO cycle (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNO_cycle) is a catalytic fusion reaction that produces energy in stars larger than the sun. It converts four protons into a helium-4 nucleus using a cycle of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen isotopes as catalysts and releases 26.7 MeV of energy mostly...

Dear PF Forum, I'm just wondering about P+P reaction in star. Because of its pressure, in the core of the star, hydrogens fuse to become deuterium. Its the complete reaction P + P -> D D + P -> He3 He3 + He3 -> He3 + P + P and if the star is big enough, it can undergo CNO cycle, But what if...

Dear PF Forum, Is this picture correct? Or it is not CNO Cycle? I get that video from this Thanks for any answer

The last reaction in CNO-I sees 15N + 1H --> 12C + 4He I'm interested why it doesn't produce 16O, which is also stable.

Homework Statement I understand the rest of the cycle, the way my textbook has it, which is: 12C→13N→13C→14N→15O→15N→12C+4He The portion in bold is what I don't understand. Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution I do understand that when the mass number increases (like from Carbon-13 to...

Wiki claims in stars, heavier than 1.3 solar masses (where CNO plays major role) there is an inner convection zone near the core, but no outer convection zone. Hence, such stars should be "calmer" - no solar flares, less radiation... Am I right?

hello, new to site. This is my first post. I just was wondering what any ones thoughts were on using the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen cycle in a dense plasma focus device to produce aneutronic fusion power.

Problem: Two stars with identical core composition and density are undergoing nuclear fusion by the CNO cycle. Star A has a core temperature of 10% higher than star B. What is the ratio of their core nuclear reaction rates? My solution: as the energy generation rate q is proportional...

Homework Statement The first step of the CNO cycle is p \rightarrow C_{6}^{12} \rightarrow N_{7}^{14} + \gamma Estimate the energy of the CNO cycle, state any assumptions. Homework Equations - The Attempt at a Solution I was looking at mass difference, (1.00728u...