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Primordial or Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is one of the three strong evidences for the Big- Bang model together with the expansion of the Universe and the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation. In this study, we improve the standard BBN…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Alain Coc , Stephane Goriely , Yi Xu , Matthias Saimpert , Elisabeth Vangioni

We consider Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) with long lived charged massive particles. Before decaying, the long lived charged particle recombines with a light element to form a bound state like a hydrogen atom. This effect modifies the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Kazunori Kohri , Fumihiro Takayama

We report the results on Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) based on an updated code, with accuracy of the order of 0.1% on He4 abundance, compared with the predictions of other recent similar analysis. We discuss the compatibility of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Esposito , G. Mangano , G. Miele , O. Pisanti

We consider the big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) in the Brane world scenario, where all matter fields are confined on our 3-brane and the radion of the Brane evolves cosmologically. In the Einstein frame fundamental fermion masses vary and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Baojiu Li , Ming-Chung Chu

Big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) and the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have a long history together in the standard cosmology. The general concordance between the predicted and observed light element abundances provides a direct probe of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Richard H. Cyburt

We study effects of long-lived massive particles, which decay during the big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) epoch, on the primordial abundances of light elements. Compared to the previous studies, (i) the reaction rates of the standard BBN…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-12-04 Masahiro Kawasaki , Kazunori Kohri , Takeo Moroi , Yoshitaro Takaesu

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) and the Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR) provide complementary probes of the early evolution of the Universe and of its particle content. Neutrinos play important roles in both cases, influencing the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Gary Steigman

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) is studied within the framework of a two-parameter family of tensor-scalar theories of gravitation, with nonlinear scalar-matter coupling function a(phi). We run a BBN code modified by tensor-scalar gravity,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Thibault Damour , Bernard Pichon

We present updated and improved Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) constraints on heavy, long-lived beyond the Standard Model (BSM) relics $\phi$ decaying into pairs of Standard Model particles, covering a comprehensive set of two-body decay…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-27 Sara Bianco , Jonas Frerick , Marco Hufnagel , Kai Schmidt-Hoberg

I present a review of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, concentrating on the statistical analysis of theoretical uncertainties, and on systematic errors in observed abundances. Both have important implications for constraints on the amount of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 Lawrence M. Krauss

The physics of the standard hot big bang cosmology ensures that the early Universe was a primordial nuclear reactor, synthesizing the light nuclides (D, 3He, 4He, and 7Li) in the first 20 minutes of its evolution. After an overview of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Steigman

Primordial nucleosynthesis is considered a success story of the standard big bang (SBB) cosmology. The cosmological and elementary particle physics parameters are believed to be severely constrained by the requirement of correct abundances…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Daksh Lohiya , Annu Batra , Shobhit Mahajan , Amitabha Mukherjee

We report the results of a new accurate evaluation of light nuclei yields in primordial nucleosynthesis. All radiative effects, finite nucleon mass, thermal and plasma corrections are included in the proton to neutron conversion rates. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Esposito , G. Mangano , G. Miele , O. Pisanti

In this work, we investigate Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) within the framework of $f(T,{L}_m)$ gravity, where the gravitational Lagrangian is generalized as a function of the torsion scalar $T$ and the matter Lagrangian ${L}_m$. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-25 Daniel F. P. Cruz , David S. Pereira , Francisco S. N. Lobo , José P. Mimoso

Of the light nuclides observed in the universe today, D, 3He, 4He, and 7Li are relics from its early evolution. The primordial abundances of these relics, produced via Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) during the first half hour of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gary Steigman

This is a transcript of the joint talk we gave at the Sixth Gruber Cosmology Conference at Yale University on 3 October 2025. We describe the key role played by Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) in today's `Precision Cosmology', focusing in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-11 Max Pettini , Ryan Cooke

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-15 Keith A. Olive , Sean T. Scully

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis represents perhaps the first, and still perhaps the most powerful particle-astrophysics connection. As such, it should provide an example for other work in this area. I discuss the current status of standard model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Lawrence M. Krauss

We summarize the history, theory, observational status, and implications of big-bang nucleosynthesis.

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Scott Burles , Kenneth M. Nollett , Michael S. Turner

The current of status of big bang nucleosynthesis is reviewed and the concordance between theory and observation is examined in detail. It is argued that when using the observational data on he4 and li7, the two isotopes whose abundances…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 Keith A. Olive