Nucleosynthesis in Low- and Intermediate-mass Stars: an Overview
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An overview of the main phases of the evolution of lowand intermediatemass stars is presented, and the different types of nucleosynthesis operating from the pre-main sequence up to and including the asymptotic giant branch phase described. The surface abundance modifications brought by each nucleosynthesis process is also briefly discussed. To appear in: Tours Symposium on Nuclear Physics III, Ed. H. Utsunomiya, Amer. Inst. of Phys., 1997 (invited review)
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