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Article Contents

TITLE PAGE

1.INTRODUCTION

2.GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

2.1.Entropy and Equilibrium

2.2.Equilibrium Nucleosynthesis

2.3.How to Make Heavy Nuclei

3.THE r-PROCESS

3.1.The Primary r-Process

3.2.The Secondary r-Process

3.3.Observational Constraints

3.4.The r-Process in Nascent Neutron Star Winds

4.THE s-PROCESS

4.1.The s-Process Mechanism

4.2.s-Process Sites

4.3.Constraints on s-Process Sites

5.THE p-PROCESS

5.1.General Considerations

5.2.p-Process Sites

5.3.Some Constraints on p-Process Models

6.CONCLUSION

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