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We update the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis calculations on the basis of the recent NACRE compilation. The average values of the calculated abundances of light nuclei do not differ significantly from that obtained using the previous Fowler's…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Elisabeth Vangioni-Flam , Alain Coc , Michel Casse

In this work we show that the cosmological lithium problem and the $H_0$ tension could be eased at the same time by allowing variations in the fundamental constants. We compute the primordial abundances of light elements resulting from Big…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-07 S. A. Franchino-Viñas , M. E. Mosquera

Standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis at the baryon density determined by the microwave anisotropy spectrum predicts an excess of \li7 compared to observations by a factor of 4-5. In contrast, BBN predictions for D/H are somewhat below (but…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Keith A. Olive , Patrick Petitjean , Elisabeth Vangioni , Joseph Silk

A cosmological model with a time-varying mass of electrons seems a promising solution for the so-called Hubble tension. We examine the big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) constraints on the time-varying electron mass model, because a larger…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-01 Osamu Seto , Yo Toda

In a recent article R. T. Cahill claims that the cosmological model based on his "new physics of a dynamical 3-space" resolves the CMB-BBN Lithium-7 and Helium-4 abundance anomalies. In this note it is shown that this conclusion is wrong,…

General Physics · Physics 2010-02-26 Gary Steigman

There exists a well known problem with the Li7+Be7 abundance predicted by standard big bang nucleosynthesis being larger than the value observed in population II stars. The catalysis of big bang nucleosynthesis by metastable, \tau_X \ge…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Chris Bird , Kristen Koopmans , Maxim Pospelov

Recent spectroscopic observations of metal poor stars have indicated that both $^7$Li and $^6$Li have abundance plateaus with respect to the metallicity. Abundances of $^7$Li are about a factor three lower than the primordial abundance…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Motohiko Kusakabe , Toshitaka Kajino , Grant J. Mathews

The cosmological lithium problem -- that theory predicts a primordial abundance far higher than the observed value -- has resisted decades of attempts by cosmologists, nuclear physicists, and astronomers alike to root out systematics. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-09-21 Seth Koren

Primordial or Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is one of the three historical strong evidences for the Big-Bang model together with the expansion of the Universe and the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation (CMB). The recent results by the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-29 Alain Coc , Jean-Philippe Uzan , Elisabeth Vangioni

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) is the synthesis of the light nuclei, Deuterium, He3, He4 and Li7, during the first few minutes of the universe. This review concentrates on recent improvements in the measurement of the primordial (after BBN,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 David Tytler , John M. O'Meara , Nao Suzuki , Dan Lubin

In the standard Big-Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) model, the primordial $^7$Li abundance is overestimated by about a factor of 2--3 comparing to the astronomical observations, so called the pending cosmological lithium problem. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 S. Q. Hou , J. J. He , S. Kubono , Y. S. Chen

We reconsider the effects of unstable particles on the production and destruction of the primordial light elements, with a view to reconciling the high primordial Li7 abundance deduced from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), as implied by the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-11 John Ellis , Keith A. Olive , Elisabeth Vangioni

I review measurements of the most important reactions involved in the creation and destruction of Li and Be during big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) as well as their uncertainties and the relative contributions they make to the uncertainty in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-14 Barry Davids

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), as one of the earliest processes in the universe accessible to direct observation, offers a powerful and independent probe of the cosmic expansion history. With recent advances in both theory and observation,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-25 Christopher Cook , Joel Meyers

Standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) predicts the abundances of the light elements in the early universe. Even if the overall agreement with the experimental data is good, still some discrepancies exist on the relic abundances of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-12-16 Alex Gnech

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

Big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) and the cosmic microwave background (CMB) are two major pillars of cosmology. Standard BBN accurately predicts the primordial light element abundances ($^4$He, D, $^3$He and $^7$Li), depending on one…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Greg Huey , Richard H. Cyburt , Benjamin D. Wandelt

An introductory review of the early evolution of the Universe relevant to the primordial synthesis of the light nuclides deuterium, helium-3, helium-4 and lithium-7. The predictions of the element abundances in the "standard", hot, big bang…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Gary Steigman

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

During Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), in the first 20 minutes of the evolution of the Universe, the light nuclides, D, 3He, 4He, and 7Li were synthesized in astrophysically interesting abundances. The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-07-21 Gary Steigman