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→Energy production: Indent equations
The equations for the cycle are as follows:
The equations for the cycle are as follows:
<math>{}^{12}_{\ 6} \mbox{C} + {}^1_1 \mbox{H} \to {}^{13}_{\ 7} \mbox{N} + \gamma + \mbox{1.95 MeV}</math>
:<math>{}^{12}_{\ 6} \mbox{C} + {}^1_1 \mbox{H} \to {}^{13}_{\ 7} \mbox{N} + \gamma + \mbox{1.95 MeV}</math>
<math>{}^{13}_{\ 7} \mbox{N} \to {}^{13}_{\ 6} \mbox{C} + {}^0_1 e^+ + {}^0_0 \nu_e + \mbox{2.22 MeV}</math>
:<math>{}^{13}_{\ 7} \mbox{N} \to {}^{13}_{\ 6} \mbox{C} + {}^0_1 e^+ + {}^0_0 \nu_e + \mbox{2.22 MeV}</math>
<math>{}^{13}_{\ 6} \mbox{C} + {}^1_1 \mbox{H} \to {}^{14}_{\ 7} \mbox{N} + \gamma + \mbox{7.54 MeV}</math>
:<math>{}^{13}_{\ 6} \mbox{C} + {}^1_1 \mbox{H} \to {}^{14}_{\ 7} \mbox{N} + \gamma + \mbox{7.54 MeV}</math>
<math>{}^{14}_{\ 7} \mbox{N} + {}^1_1 \mbox{H} \to {}^{15}_{\ 8} \mbox{O} + \gamma + \mbox{7.35 MeV}</math>
:<math>{}^{14}_{\ 7} \mbox{N} + {}^1_1 \mbox{H} \to {}^{15}_{\ 8} \mbox{O} + \gamma + \mbox{7.35 MeV}</math>
<math>{}^{15}_{\ 8} \mbox{O} \to {}^{15}_{\ 7} \mbox{N} + {}^0_1 e^+ + {}^0_0 \nu_e + \mbox{2.75 MeV}</math>
:<math>{}^{15}_{\ 8} \mbox{O} \to {}^{15}_{\ 7} \mbox{N} + {}^0_1 e^+ + {}^0_0 \nu_e + \mbox{2.75 MeV}</math>
<math>{}^{15}_{\ 7} \mbox{N} + {}^1_1 \mbox{H} \to {}^{12}_{\ 6} \mbox{C} + {}^4_2 \mbox{He} + \mbox{4.96 MeV}</math>
:<math>{}^{15}_{\ 7} \mbox{N} + {}^1_1 \mbox{H} \to {}^{12}_{\ 6} \mbox{C} + {}^4_2 \mbox{He} + \mbox{4.96 MeV}</math>
The last reaction reproduces the <math>{}^{12}_{\ 6} \mbox{C}</math> nucleus that the first reaction consumes. The end result of this process is:
The last reaction reproduces the <math>{}^{12}_{\ 6} \mbox{C}</math> nucleus that the first reaction consumes. The end result of this process is:
<math>\mbox{4} \, {}^1_1 \mbox{H} \to {}^4_2 \mbox{He} + \mbox{2} \, {}^0_1 e^+ + \mbox{2} \, {}^0_0 \nu_e + \mbox{3} \, \gamma + \mbox{26.8 MeV}</math>
:<math>\mbox{4} \, {}^1_1 \mbox{H} \to {}^4_2 \mbox{He} + \mbox{2} \, {}^0_1 e^+ + \mbox{2} \, {}^0_0 \nu_e + \mbox{3} \, \gamma + \mbox{26.8 MeV}</math>
Rarely, this cycle branches into a somewhat different cycle involving [[fluorine]], and that second cycle is thought to branch again in some of the most massive stars.
Rarely, this cycle branches into a somewhat different cycle involving [[fluorine]], and that second cycle is thought to branch again in some of the most massive stars.