| Abstract: | Recent developments in theoretical model-calculations for the synthesis of the chemical elements during late stages of stellar
evolution are reviewed. Special emphasis is put on a discussion of various astrophysical sites, including core-collapse and
thermonuclear supernovae, and the physics of turbulent reactive fluids. Results of numerical simulations are presented and
discussed, together with new results concerning solar-system abundances as well as abundances observed in very metal-poor
stars, in the context of searches for constraints on the still rather uncertain nuclear physics data and astrophysical models.
This revised version was published online in September 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
