Friday, 31 July 2015

star - After the Sun becomes a red giant, will most of the nucleosynthesis still be from proton-proton fusion?

After the Sun becomes a red giant, will it continue to mainly run on the pp-fusion, or some other type of reaction, like the CNO cycle or the triple-alpha process? On that note, do most other stars start to rely on different reactions near their death?

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