Popular Rates

big bang

Description:

pp-chains

Description:

Start of pp-chain	pp I branch	pp II branch	pp III branch	pp IV branch
p + p -> d p + d -> he3	he3 + he3 -> p + p + he4	he4 + he3 -> be7 be7 -> li7 p + li7 -> he4 + he4	he4 + he3 -> be7 p + be7 -> b8 b8 -> he4 + he4	p + he3 -> he4

CNO Cycle

Description:

CNO cycle 1	CNO cycle 2	CNO cycle 3	CNO cycle 4
p + c12 -> n13 n13 -> c13 p + c13 -> n14 p + n14 -> o15 o15 -> n15 p + n15 -> he4 + c12	p + n14 -> o15 o15 -> n15 p + n15 -> o16 p + o16 -> f17 f17 -> o17 p + o17 -> he4 + n14	p + n15 -> o16 p + o16 -> f17 f17 -> o17 p + o17 -> f18 f18 -> o18 p + o18 -> he4 + n15	p + o16 -> f17 f17 -> o17 p + o17 -> f18 f18 -> o18 p + o18 -> f19 p + f19 -> he4 + o16

hot CNO

Description:

Helium Burning

Description:

Light	Intermediate
he4 + he4 + he4 -> c12 n + he4 + he4 -> be9 he4 + be9 -> n + c12 he4 + c12 -> o16 he4 + o16 -> ne20	he4 + ne20 -> mg24 he4 + mg24 -> si28 he4 + si28 -> s32 he4 + s32 -> ar36 he4 + ar36 -> ca40 he4 + ca40 -> ti44

This material is based upon work supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Award Number DE-SC0026204.