Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the Observed Abundances of Light Elements
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The predictions of Standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis are summarized and compared with observations of abundances of helium in HII regions, deuterium in quasar absorbers, deuterium and helium-3 in the Galaxy, and lithium in metal-poor stars. It is concluded that the prospects are good for a precise test of the theory.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9609138,
title = {Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the Observed Abundances of Light Elements},
author = {Craig J. Hogan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9609138},
year = {2007}
}
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13 pages, Latex. Contribution to the Princeton meeting, ``Critical Dialogues in Cosmology''