Refined Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Constraints on $\Omega_{Baryon}$ and $N_{\nu}$
Astrophysics
2009-10-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We include correlations between elemental abundances in a Monte Carlo statistical analysis of BBN predictions, which, along with updated reaction rates and an improved BBN code, lead to tightened constraints on and . Observational upper limits on the primordial \he and fractions of (by weight) and respectively lead to the limits: , and . The former limit appears to be incompatible with purely baryonic galactic halo dark matter, while the latter puts qualitatively new constraints on neutrinos, and physics beyond the standard model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9402010,
title = {Refined Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Constraints on $\Omega_{Baryon}$ and $N_{\nu}$},
author = {Peter J. Kernan and Lawrence M. Krauss},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9402010},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
13 pages, latex, 3 uuencoded figures (appended)