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Assuming the best numerical value for the cosmic baryonic density and the existence of three neutrino flavors, standard big bang nucleosynthesis is a parameter-free model. It is important to assess if the observed primordial abundances can…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-07 Christian Iliadis , Alain Coc

The lithium problem arises from the significant discrepancy between the primordial 7Li abundance as predicted by BBN theory and the WMAP baryon density, and the pre-Galactic lithium abundance inferred from observations of metal-poor…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-16 Richard H. Cyburt , Brian D. Fields , Keith A. Olive

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Daksh Lohiya , Shobhit Mahajan , A. Mukherjee , Annu Batra

The possibility that the so-called "lithium problem", i.e. the disagreement between the theoretical abundance predicted for primordial $^7$Li assuming standard nucleosynthesis and the value inferred from astrophysical measurements, can be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-03 Laura Salvati , Luca Pagano , Massimiliano Lattanzi , Martina Gerbino , Alessandro Melchiorri

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

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

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

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) 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

We assess the status of big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) in light of the final Planck data release and other recent developments, and in anticipation of future measurements. Planck data fix the cosmic baryon density to 0.9% precision, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-17 Brian D. Fields , Keith A. Olive , Tsung-Han Yeh , Charles Young

Standard big bang nucleosynthesis (SBBN) has been remarkably successful, and it may well be the correct and sufficient account of what happened. However, interest in variations from the standard picture come from two sources: First, big…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hannu Kurki-Suonio

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

Late-decaying particles naturally arise in many extensions of the Standard Model, directly impacting key cosmological processes in the early universe, such as Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). BBN studies often consider electromagnetic energy…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-17 Lucia Angel , Giorgio Arcadi , Matheus M. A. Paixão , Farinaldo S. Queiroz

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

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

We investigate Big Bang nucleosynthesis (hereafter, BBN) in a cosmic environment characterized by a distribution of small-scale matter/antimatter domains. Production of antimatter domains in a baryo-asymmetric universe is predicted in some…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jan B. Rehm , Karsten Jedamzik

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

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

Recently it is reported that there is the discrepancy between big bang nucleosynthesis theory and observations (BBN crisis). We show that BBN predictions agree with the primordial abundances of light elements, He4, D, He3 and Li7 inferred…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Kohri , M. Kawasaki , Katsuhiko Sato

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