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The 16 pages that link to CNO cycle, each with the reason it gives.

• Stellar nucleosynthesisBroader topic: It dominates hydrogen fusion in sufficiently hot, massive stellar cores.

• Main sequenceRelated: It dominates core hydrogen fusion in sufficiently massive main-sequence stars.

• Proton–proton chainCompared with: The CNO cycle is the competing hydrogen-burning mechanism that dominates in hotter, more massive stars.

• Solar neutrino problemRelated: It supplies a smaller component of the Sun’s neutrino flux and tests solar-core predictions.

• Hans BetheCompared with: Bethe’s original formulation is often called the carbon–nitrogen cycle, though oxygen also participates.

• NucleosynthesisBroader topic: This pathway dominates hydrogen fusion in sufficiently hot, massive stars.

• Nuclear astrophysicsBroader topic: It is a major hydrogen-burning pathway in hot stars.

• Solar neutrinoRelated: It produces a smaller, distinct component of the Sun’s neutrino flux.

• Coulomb barrierBroader topic: Its charged-particle reactions occur at stellar temperatures where tunneling remains essential.

• StarBroader topic: Hot, massive stars generate most of their hydrogen-fusion energy through this cycle.

• B2FH paperBroader topic: It describes an alternative hydrogen-burning route prominent in hotter stars.

• Primordial nucleosynthesisCompared with: This stellar pathway contrasts with the rapid, one-time nuclear reactions of the early cosmos.

• Helium burningCompared with: Like helium burning, it involves carbon and oxygen, but uses them to catalyze hydrogen fusion.

• Stellar coreBroader topic: Hotter stellar cores can generate much of their energy through this hydrogen-burning cycle.

• Blue supergiantBroader topic: It dominates hydrogen burning in the hot cores of many massive stars.

• William Alfred FowlerBroader topic: Fowler’s measurements helped determine the rates of reactions in this stellar hydrogen-burning pathway.