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We examine big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) in models with a time-varying gravitational constant $G$, when this time variation is rapid on the scale of the expansion rate $H$, i.e, $\dot G/G \gg H$. Such models can arise naturally in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-19 Anish Giri , Robert J. Scherrer

We derive big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) constraints on both unstable and stable gravitino taking account of recent progresses in theoretical study of the BBN processes as well as observations of primordial light-element abundances. In the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-01-28 Masahiro Kawasaki , Kazunori Kohri , Takeo Moroi , Akira Yotsuyanagi

We revisit the big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) limits on primordial magnetic fields and/or turbulent motions accounting for the decaying nature of turbulent sources between the time of generation and BBN. This leads to larger estimates for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-22 Tina Kahniashvili , Emma Clarke , Jonathan Stepp , Axel Brandenburg

As an important class of quantum gravity models, the generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) plays an important role in exploring the properties of cosmology and its related problems. In this paper, we explore the influence of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-24 Song-Shan Luo , Zhong-Wen Feng

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

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) is a strong probe for constraining new physics including gravitation. $f(R)$ gravity theory is an interesting alternative to general relativity which introduces additional degrees of freedom known as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-04 Abhijit Talukdar , Sanjeev Kalita , Nirmali Das , Nandita Lahkar

In this work, a new generic parameterisation for $f(R)$ theories is presented. Our proposal for a new equation of state can reproduce an $f(R)$-like evolution that describes late and early time universe within 1-$\sigma$ C.L when we use a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-20 N. M. Jiménez Cruz , Celia Escamilla-Rivera

We present updated and improved Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) constraints on heavy, long-lived beyond the Standard Model (BSM) relics $\phi$ decaying into pairs of Standard Model particles, covering a comprehensive set of two-body decay…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-27 Sara Bianco , Jonas Frerick , Marco Hufnagel , Kai Schmidt-Hoberg

We summarize some applications of big bang nucleosythesis (BBN) and the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to constrain the first moments of the creation of matter in the universe. We review the basic elements of BBN and how it constraints…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 Grant. J. Mathews , Mayukh Gangopadhyay , Nishanth Sasankan , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Toshitaka Kajino

The Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) naturally emerges in several quantum gravity models, predicting the existence of a minimal length at Planck scale. Here, we consider the quadratic GUP as a semiclassical approach to thermodynamic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-25 Giuseppe Gaetano Luciano

Gravitational waves (GW) produced in the early Universe contribute to the number of relativistic degrees of freedom, $N_{\rm eff}$, during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). By using the constraints on $N_{\rm eff}$, we present a new bound on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-02 Erwin H. Tanin , Tommi Tenkanen

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

We present an up-to-date review of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). We discuss the main improvements which have been achieved in the past two decades on the overall theoretical framework, summarize the impact of new experimental results on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-21 F. Iocco , G. Mangano , G. Miele , O. Pisanti , P. D. Serpico

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

In this work, we extend the standard cosmological model within the quadratic energy-momentum squared gravity (qEMSG) framework, introducing a nonminimal interaction between the usual material field ($T_{\mu\nu}$) and its accompanying…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-26 Ozgur Akarsu , Mariam Bouhmadi-López , Nihan Katirci , N. Merve Uzun

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

In this work we investigate the impact of two phenomenological Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) scenarios concerning the role of neutrinos in the early universe: non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI) and non-unitary three-neutrino mixing.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-13 Gabriela Barenboim , Stefano Gariazzo , Alberto Sánchez-Vargas

Using big bang nucleosynthesis and present, high-precision measurements of light element abundances, we constrain the self-gravity of radiation pressure in the early universe. The self-gravity of pressure is strictly non-Newtonian, and thus…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Saul Rappaport , Josiah Schwab , Scott Burles , Gary Steigman

$f(R)$ gravity is one of the serious alternatives of general relativity having a large range of astronomical consequences. In this work, we study Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) in $f(R)$ gravity theory. We consider modification to gravity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-13 Abhijit Talukdar , Sanjeev Kalita

We consider the implications of the modified dispersion relations, due to the noncommutativity of the spacetime, for a photon gas filling the early Universe in the framework of the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) processes, during the period…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-28 Teodora Maria Matei , Cristian Croitoru , Tiberiu Harko