DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2001-10224-x
Stars from birth to death: Laboratories for exotic nuclei?
W. HillebrandtMax-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, D-85748 Garching, Germany wfh@mpa-garching.mpg.de
(Received: 21 March 2002 / Published online: 31 October 2002)
Abstract
Recent developments in theoretical model calculations for the
synthesis of the chemical elements in stars are reviewed.
Special emphasis is put on a discussion of various astrophysical
sites, including the Sun and core collapse and thermonuclear supernovae.
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.
26.30.+k - Nucleosynthesis in novae, supernovae, and other explosive environments.
26.20.+f - Hydrostatic stellar nucleosynthesis.
© Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag 2002
