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Constraint on Heavy Element Production in Inhomogeneous Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis from The Light-Element Observations

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2013-10-21 v1

Abstract

We investigate the observational constraints on the inhomogeneous big-bang nucleosynthesis that Matsuura et al. suggested the possibility of the heavy element production beyond 7{}^7Li in the early universe. From the observational constraints on light elements of 4{}^4He and D, possible regions are found on the plane of the volume fraction of the high density region against the ratio between high-and low-density regions. In these allowed regions, we have confirmed that the heavy elements beyond Ni can be produced appreciably, where pp- and/or rr-process elements are produced well simultaneously.

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@article{arxiv.1307.7564,
  title  = {Constraint on Heavy Element Production in Inhomogeneous Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis from The Light-Element Observations},
  author = {Riou Nakamura and Masa-aki Mashimoto and Shin-ichiro Fujimoto and Katsuhiko Sato},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.7564},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

11 pages, 7 figures, 4 Tables., accepted in Journal of Astrophysics. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1007.0466