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We present a brief review of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). We discuss theoretical and observational uncertainties in deuterium and helium-4 primordial abundances and their implications for the determination of important cosmological…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 F. L. Villante , A. D. Dolgov

We examine the constraints imposed by the requirement of successful big bang nucleosynthesis on models with one large extra dimension and a single bulk neutrino. We solve the Boltzman kinetic equations for the thermal distribution of bulk…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 H. S. Goh , R. N. Mohapatra

Primordial nucleosynthesis provides a probe of the Universe during its early evolution. Given the progress exploring the constituents, structure, and recent evolution of the Universe, it is timely to review the status of Big Bang…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Gary Steigman

It has been proposed that the apparent discrepancies between the inferred primordial abundances of 6Li and 7Li and the predictions of big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) can be resolved by the existence of a negatively-charged massive unstable…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-22 Motohiko Kusakabe , Toshitaka Kajino , Takashi Yoshida , Grant J. Mathews

Big-bang nucleosynthesis is one of the cornerstones of the standard cosmology. For almost thirty years its predictions have been used to test the big-bang model to within a fraction of a second of the bang. The concordance that exists…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Craig J Copi , David N. Schramm , Michael S. Turner

We investigate the effect on the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) from the presence of a stochastic primordial magnetic field (PMF) whose strength is spatially inhomogeneous. We assume a uniform total energy density and a gaussian…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 Yudong Luo , Toshitaka Kajino , Motohiko Kusakabe , Grant J. Mathews

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) has increasingly become the tool of choice for investigating the permitted variation of fundamental constants during the earliest epochs of the Universe. Here we present a BBN calculation that has been…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 J. P. Kneller , G. C. McLaughlin

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) offers one of the most strict evidences for the Lambda-CDM cosmology at present, as well as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation. In this work, our main aim is to present the outcomes of our…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-10 Sibel Boran , Emre Onur Kahya

The simplest, `standard' model of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (SBBN) assumes three light neutrinos (N_nu = 3) and no significant electron neutrino asymmetry, leaving only one adjustable parameter: the baryon to photon ratio eta. The primordial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 James P. Kneller , Gary Steigman

Recently, the EMPRESS collaboration has included new data in the extraction of the primordial $^4$He abundance from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), resulting in a determination that differs from the previous value and from theoretical…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-09 Anne-Katherine Burns , Venus Keus , Marc Sher , Tim M. P. Tait

The existence of a small, non-zero cosmological constant is one of the major puzzles in fundamental physics. Naively, quantum field theory arguments would imply a cosmological constant which is up to 10$^{120}$ times larger than the…

General Physics · Physics 2022-09-08 Michael Bishop , Joey Contreras , Peter Martin , Douglas Singleton

Observations indicate that most of the universal matter are invisible and the gravitational constant $G(t)$ maybe depends on the time. A theory of the variational $G$ (VG) is explored in this paper, with naturally producing the useful dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-13 Jianbo Lu , Yanfeng Xu , Yabo Wu

We discuss the fundamental constants of physics in the Standard Model and possible changes of these constants on the cosmological time scale. The Grand Unification of the strong, electromagnetic and weak interactions implies relations…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-07-22 H. Fritzsch

A brief overview of non-standard big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) scenarios is presented. Trends and results of the light-element nucleosynthesis in BBN scenarios with small-scale or large-scale inhomogeneity, the presence of antimatter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Karsten Jedamzik

Heavy Neutral Leptons (HNLs) are strongly motivated by theory due to their capability of simultaneously explaining the observed phenomena of dark matter, neutrino oscillations and the baryon asymmetry of the Universe. The existence of such…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-12-09 Nashwan Sabti , Andrii Magalich , Anastasiia Filimonova

We discuss the fundamemtal constants in the Standard Model of particle physics, in particular possible changes of these constants on the cosmological time scale. The Grand Unification of the observed strong, electromagnetic and weak…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-10-25 Harald Fritzsch

To elucidate the significance of the effect of systematic uncertainties in light element abundance estimates on cosmological bounds derivable from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) we present tables giving bounds on $\Omega_{baryon}$ and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Lawrence M. Krauss , Peter J. Kernan

Charged massive particles (CHAMPs), when present during the Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) era, may significantly alter the synthesis of light elements when compared to a standard BBN scenario. This is due to the formation of bound states…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Karsten Jedamzik

The high densities in the early Universe provide a unique laboratory to constrain couplings between feebly interacting particles, such as dark matter and neutrinos. In this article, we study how Big Bang Nucleosynthesis can constrain models…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-30 Toni Bertólez-Martínez , Justo López-Sarrión , Jordi Salvado

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