'Inside Stars - Cooking Pots for the Elements' - How (most of) the elements are made in stars, and please don't think all the heavy ones are made in supernovae.
The areas discussed include:
| What Sorts of Stars are there? | H-R Diagram; Pop II stars; Pop I stars |
| A Glimpse into Nuclear Processes | Definition of nuclear components; A bit of the Periodic Table; Binding energy; Beta decay; Inverse beta decay |
| Stellar Reactions | PPI, PPII & PPIII |
| The Formation of Carbon and Oxygen | The Triple-alpha reaction |
| Other Light Elements | CNO bi- and tri- cycles |
| Medium Weight Element Synthesis | From carbon to calcium; Silicon burning network |
| Heavy Elements | The s-process; The r-process; The p-process |
| Supernovae and Really Heavy Elements | Type II supernovae; Time scale for collapse; Products of the explosion; Type Ia supernovae; Collapsars; Colliding neutron stars |
| Conclusion | How the synthesised elements are distributed in the interstellar medium |