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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

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), along with the cosmic background radiation and the Hubble expansion, is one of the pillars ofthe standard, hot, big bang cosmology since the primordial synthesis of the light nuclides (D, $^3$He, $^4$He,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 Gary Steigman

Big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) and the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have a long history together in the standard cosmology. The general concordance between the predicted and observed light element abundances provides a direct probe of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Richard H. Cyburt

Scale-independent energy-momentum squared gravity (EMSG) allows different gravitational couplings for different types of sources and has been proven to have interesting implications in cosmology. In this paper, the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-26 Dukjae Jang , Mayukh R. Gangopadhyay , Myung-Ki Cheoun , Toshitaka Kajino , M. Sami

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

We report the results on Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) based on an updated code, with accuracy of the order of 0.1% on He4 abundance, compared with the predictions of other recent similar analysis. We discuss the compatibility of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Esposito , G. Mangano , G. Miele , O. Pisanti

A review of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) is presented. Observations of deuterium and helium-4 are discussed. Some BBN restrictions on non-standard physics, especially on neutrino properties and time-variation of fundamental constants are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 A. D. Dolgov

To elucidate the significance of the effect of systematic uncertainties in light element abundance estimates on cosmological bounds derivable from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) we present tables giving bounds on $\Omega_{baryon}$ and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Lawrence M. Krauss , Peter J. Kernan

We study the effect of large baryonic isocurvature perturbations on the abundance of deuterium (D) synthesized in big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN). We found that large baryonic isocurvature perturbations existing at the BBN epoch ($T\sim…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-12 Keisuke Inomata , Masahiro Kawasaki , Alexander Kusenko , Louis Yang

We derive constraints on the time variation of the Higgs vacuum expectation value $<\phi>$ through the effects on Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) and the cosmic microwave background (CMB). In the former case, we include the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jerry Jaiyul Yoo , Robert J. Scherrer

We present a brief review of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). We discuss theoretical and observational uncertainties in deuterium and helium-4 primordial abundances and their implications for the determination of important cosmological…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 F. L. Villante , A. D. Dolgov

In the present work the primordial Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) and weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter are discussed in a certain class of modified gravitational theories, namely $f(R) \sim R^n$ gravity. The new…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-28 Jin U Kang , Grigoris Panotopoulos

Primordial nucleosynthesis is one of the three historical evidences for the big bang model, together with the expansion of the universe and the cosmic microwave background. Now that the number of neutrino families and the baryonic densities…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-07 Cyril Pitrou , Alain Coc , Jean-Philippe Uzan , Elisabeth Vangioni

In this study, we explore temperature-dependent CPT violation during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) through electron-positron mass asymmetries parametrized by $b_0(T) = \alpha T^2$. The $T^2$ scaling naturally evades stringent laboratory…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-21 Gabriela Barenboim , Anne-Katherine Burns

The effect of variations of the fundamental nuclear parameters on big-bang nucleosynthesis are modeled and discussed in detail taking into account the interrelations between the fundamental parameters arising in unified theories.…

We use Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) data in order to impose constraints on the exponent of Barrow entropy. The latter is an extended entropy relation arising from the incorporation of quantum-gravitational effects on the black-hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-19 John D. Barrow , Spyros Basilakos , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

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

We confront $f(T,T_G)$ gravity, with Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) requirements. The former is obtained using both the torsion scalar, as well as the teleparallel equivalent of the Gauss-Bonnet term, in the Lagrangian, resulting to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-20 Petros Asimakis , Emmanuel N. Saridakis , Spyros Basilakos , Kuralay Yesmakhanova

We present a multi-epoch test of f(T) gravity with nonminimal torsion-matter coupling, combining early- and late-Universe observations. At the MeV scale, Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis constrains the fractional variation of the weak freeze-out…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-27 Yahia Al-Omar , Majida Nahili , Nidal Chamoun

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