Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: An Update
Astrophysics
2009-09-15 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
WThe current status of big bang nucleosynthesis is reviewed with an emphasis on the comparison between the observational determination of the light element abundances of \D, \he3, \he4 and \li7 and the predictions from theory. In particular, we present new analyses for \he4 and \li7. Implications for physics beyond the standard model are also discussed. Limits on the effective number of neutrino flavors are also updated.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9506131,
title = {Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: An Update},
author = {Keith A. Olive and Sean T. Scully},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9506131},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
21 pages, latex, 9 uuencoded, tarred, compressed, ps figures minor error in eq. 5 corrected