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The light elements up to 7Li were produced by the Standard Big Bang nucleosynthesis (SBBN) in the early universe assuming standard conditions. All observed primordial abundances of these light elements match very well the predicted ones by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-07 Tahani R. Makki , Mounib F. El Eid , Grant J. Mathews

The primordial abundances of deuterium, helium-3, helium-4, and lithium-7 probe the baryon density of the Universe only a few minutes after the Big Bang. Of these relics from the early Universe, deuterium is the baryometer of choice. After…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gary Steigman

We consider the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) bounds on light dark matter whose cross section off nucleons is sufficiently large to enable acceleration by scattering off of cosmic rays in the local galaxy. Such accelerated DM could then…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-07-01 Gordan Krnjaic , Samuel D. McDermott

We propose a correction of the standard Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) scenario to resolve the primordial lithium problem by considering a possibility that the primordial plasma can deviate from the ideal state. In the standard BBN, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-16 Dukjae Jang , Youngshin Kwon , Kyujin Kwak , Myung-Ki Cheoun

For a brief time in its early evolution the Universe was a cosmic nuclear reactor. The expansion and cooling of the Universe limited this epoch to the first few minutes, allowing time for the synthesis in astrophysically interesting…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-27 Gary Steigman

Using the cosmological constants derived from WMAP, the standard big bang nucleosynthesis (SBBN) predicts the light elements primordial abundances for 4He, 3He, D, 6Li and 7Li. These predictions are in satisfactory agreement with the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-13 M. Spite , F. Spite , P. Bonifacio

Prediction of the primordial abundances of elements in the big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is one of the three strong evidences for the big bang model. Precise knowledge of the baryon-to-photon ratio of the Universe from observations of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-06-24 Vinay Singh , Joydev Lahiri , Debasis Bhowmick , D. N. Basu

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

The primordial abundances of the light nuclides produced by Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) during the first 20 minutes in the evolution of the Universe are sensitive to the universal density of baryons and to the expansion rate of the early…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Gary Steigman

We consider the effects of uncertainties in nuclear reaction rates on the cosmological constraints on the decays of unstable particles during or after Big-Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN). We identify the nuclear reactions due to non-thermal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-08 Richard H. Cyburt , John Ellis , Brian D. Fields , Feng Luo , Keith A. Olive , Vassilis C. Spanos

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) relates key cosmological parameters to the primordial abundance of light elements. In this paper, we point out that the recent observations of Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies by the Planck satellite…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-06 Eleonora Di Valentino , Carlo Gustavino , Julien Lesgourgues , Gianpiero Mangano , Alessandro Melchiorri , Gennaro Miele , Ofelia Pisanti

We study the primordial nucleosynthesis (BBN) in the stepwise scalar field model proposed by Ti\'an [arXiv:1912.13208, Phys. Rev. D 101, 063531 (2020)], which provides a multiaccelerating Universe solution to the cosmological coincidence…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-27 S. X. Tian

Primordial nucleosynthesis is inevitable during the early evolution of an expanding universe filled with radiation and matter (baryons). However, the precise abundance yields depend sensitively on the baryon density, the radiation content…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gary Steigman

The $^7$Li abundance calculated in BBN with the baryon-to-photon ratio fixed from fits to the CMB power spectrum is inconsistent with the observed lithium abundances on the surface of metal-poor halo stars. Previous cosmological solutions…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-03 Dai G. Yamazaki , Motohiko Kusakabe , Toshitaka Kajino , Grant. J. Mathews , Myung-Ki Cheoun

Big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN), an epoch of primordial nuclear transformations in the expanding Universe, has left an observable imprint in the abundances of light elements. Precision observations of such abundances, combined with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-04-14 Maxim Pospelov , Josef Pradler

We examine the possibility that Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) may produce non-trivial amounts of $^6$Li. If a primordial component of this isotope could be observed, it would provide a new fundamental test of Big-Bang cosmology, as well as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kenneth M. Nollett , Martin Lemoine , David N. Schramm

Big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) describes the production of the lightest nuclides via a dynamic interplay among the four fundamental forces during the first seconds of cosmic time. We briefly overview the essentials of this physics, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-13 Richard H. Cyburt , Brian D. Fields , Keith A. Olive , Tsung-Han Yeh

The conventional Big Bang model successfully anticipates the initial abundances of 2H(D), 3He, and 4He, aligning remarkably well with observational data. However, a persistent challenge arises in the case of 7Li, where the predicted…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-25 C. A. Bertulani , Shubhchintak

Primordial or big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is one of the three historical strong evidences for the big bang model. The recent results by the Planck satellite mission have slightly changed the estimate of the baryonic density compared to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Alain Coc , Jean-Philippe Uzan , Elisabeth Vangioni

Using the recent WMAP determination of the baryon-to-photon ratio, 10^{10} \eta = 6.14 to within a few percent, big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) calculations can make relatively accurate predictions of the abundances of the light element…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-15 Richard H. Cyburt , Brian D. Fields , Keith A. Olive