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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.
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Hillebrandt, W. Final Stages of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis: What do We Know and What Would We Like to Know?. Astrophysics and Space Science 281, 173–182 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019540805389
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