Neutrinos in Astrophysics and Cosmology
Nuclear Theory
2016-07-27 v1
Abstract
Neutrinos play a crucial role in many aspects of astrophysics and cosmology. Since they control the electron fraction, or equivalently neutron-to-proton ratio, neutrino properties impact yields of r-process nucleosynthesis. Similarly the weak decoupling temperature in the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis epoch is exponentially dependent on the neutron-to-proton ratio. In these conference proceedings, I briefly summarize some of the recent work exploring the role of neutrinos in astrophysics and cosmology.
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@article{arxiv.1605.00578,
title = {Neutrinos in Astrophysics and Cosmology},
author = {A. B. Balantekin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.00578},
year = {2016}
}
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6 pages, Proceedings of IX International Conference on Interconnections between Particle Physics and Cosmology (PPC2015)