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We provide the most stringent constraint to date on possible deviations from the usually-assumed Maxwell-Boltzmann (MB) velocity distribution for nuclei in the Big-Bang plasma. The impact of non-extensive Tsallis statistics on thermonuclear…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-20 S. Q. Hou , J. J. He , A. Parikh , K. Daid , C. Bertulani

The abundances of light elements based on the big bang nucleosynthesis model are calculated using the Tsallis non-extensive statistics. The impact of the variation of the non-extensive parameter $q$ from the unity value is compared to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 C. A. Bertulani , J. Fuqua , M. S. Hussein

In the primordial Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN), only the lightest nuclides (D, $^3$He, $^4$He, and $^7$Li) were synthesized in appreciable quantities, and these relics provide us a unique window on the early universe. Currently, BBN…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-23 J. J. He , S. Q. Hou , A. Parikh , D. Kahl , C. A. Bertulani , other collaborators

Big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is valuable as a means to constrain the physics of the early universe and it is the only probe of the radiation-dominated epoch. A fundamental assumption in BBN is that the nuclear velocity distributions obey…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-06-29 Nishanth Sasankan , Atul Kedia , Motohiko Kusakabe , Grant J Mathews

This paper is superseded by Arxiv:1911.07334. Big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is a valuable tool to constrain the physics of the early universe and is the only probe of the radiation-dominated epoch. A fundamental assumption in BBN is that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 Nishanth Sasankan , Atul Kedia , Motohiko Kusakabe , Grant J Mathews

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) is an important stage of a homogeneous and isotropic expanding universe. The results of calculation of the synthesis of light elements during this epoch can then be compared with the abundances of the light…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-15 Chen Wu

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

The distribution function of the relative velocity in a two-body reaction of nonrelativistic uncorrelated particles is derived for general cases of given distribution functions of single particle velocities. The distribution function is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-13 Motohiko Kusakabe , Toshitaka Kajino , Grant J. Mathews , Yudong Luo

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

The effects of introducing a small amount of non-thermal distribution (NTD) of elements in big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) are studied by allowing a fraction of the NTD to be time-dependent so that it contributes only during a certain period…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-11 Tae-Sun Park , Kyung Joo Min , Seung-Woo Hong

The theoretical predictions of big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) are dominated by uncertainties in the input nuclear reaction cross sections. In this paper, we examine the impact on BBN of the recent compilation of nuclear data and…

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

The theoretical predictions of the primordial abundances of elements in the big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) are dominated by uncertainties in the input nuclear reaction rates. We investigate the effect of modifying these reaction rates on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-06-03 Abhishek Mishra , D. N. Basu

Primordial nucleosynthesis, or Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), is one of the three evidences for the Big-Bang model, together with the expansion of the Universe and the Cosmic Microwave Background. There is a good global agreement over a…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2017-01-18 Alain Coc

We investigate the evolution of non-extensivity in the photon distribution during the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) epoch using Tsallis statistics. Assuming a minimal deviation from the Planck distribution, we construct the perturbed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-08 Jeongyoon Choi , Dukjae Jang , Youngshin Kwon , Gwangeon Seong , Myeong Hwan Mun , Young-Min Kim , Kyujin Kwak , Myung-Ki Cheoun

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

Sasankan et al, have recently claimed that there are significant deviations in the phase-space distributions of the kinetic energies of nuclei from the Maxwell-Boltzmann form usually assumed in BBN, and further, that these deviations lead…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-11-22 Samuel D. McDermott , Michael S. Turner

Big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) probes the cosmic mass-energy density at temperatures $\sim 10$ MeV to $\sim 100$ keV. Here, we consider the effect of a cosmic matter-like species that is non-relativistic and pressureless during BBN. Such a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-18 Tsung-Han Yeh , Keith A. Olive , Brian D. Fields

One of the three testaments in favor of the big bang theory is the prediction of the primordial elemental abundances in the big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN). The Standard BBN is a parameter-free theory due to the precise knowledge of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-05-28 Vinay Singh , Debasis Bhowmick , D. N. Basu

We discuss nuclear reactions which could play a role in Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). Most of these reactions involve lithium and beryllium isotopes and the rates for some of these have not previously been included in BBN calculations.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 Richard N. Boyd , Carl R. Brune , George M. Fuller , Christel J. Smith

Primordial or big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is one of the three historical strong evidences for the big bang model. Standard BBN is now a parameter free theory, since the baryonic density of the Universe has been deduced with an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-30 Alain Coc , Patrick Petitjean , Jean-Philippe Uzan , Elisabeth Vangioni , Pierre Descouvemont , Christian Illiadis , Richard Longland
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