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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

Following a brief introduction to early Universe cosmology, the current of status of big bang nucleosynthesis is reviewed and the concordance between theory and observation is examined in detail. The abundances of He4 and Li7 determine the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Keith A. Olive

A number of possible mechanisms have been suggested to generate density inhomogeneities in the early Universe which could survive until the onset of primordial nucleosynthesis and generate neutron-rich regions. In this work we are not…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-20 T. Rauscher , F. -K. Thielemann

We study the big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) with the long-lived exotic particle, called X. If the lifetime of X is longer than \sim 0.1 sec, its decay may cause non-thermal nuclear reactions during or after the BBN, altering the predictions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Masahiro Kawasaki , Kazunori Kohri , Takeo Moroi

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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 Alain Coc , Elisabeth Vangioni

We show that the predicted primordial helium production is significantly reduced when new measurements of the neutron lifetime and the implied enhancement in the weak reaction rates are included in big-bang nucleosynthesis. Therefore, even…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. J. Mathews , T. Kajino , T. Shima

We consider the effects on big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) of the radiative decay of a long-lived massive particle. If high-energy photons are emitted after the BBN epoch ($t \sim 1 - 10^3$ sec), they may change the abundances of the light…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-05-05 M. Kawasaki , K. Kohri , Takeo Moroi

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

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…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Daksh Lohiya , Annu Batra , Shobhit Mahajan , Amitabha Mukherjee

The relic abundances of the light elements synthesized during the first few minutes of the evolution of the Universe provide unique probes of cosmology and the building blocks for stellar and galactic chemical evolution, while also enabling…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Gary Steigman

Results of a detailed examination of the cascade nucleosynthesis resulting from the putative hadronic decay, evaporation, or annihilation of a primordial relic during the Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) era are presented. It is found that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Karsten Jedamzik

An overview of baryogenesis in the early Universe is presented. The standard big bang model including big bang nucleosynthesis and inflation is breifly reviewed. Three basic models for baryogenesis will be developed: The ``standard"…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 Keith A. Olive

We study effects of relic long-lived strongly interacting massive particles (X particles) on big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN). The X particle is assumed to have existed during the BBN epoch, but decayed long before detected. The interaction…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Motohiko Kusakabe , Toshitaka Kajino , Takashi Yoshida , Grant J. Mathews

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 recently observed Deuterium abundance in a low- metallicity high-redshift hydrogen cloud, which is about ten times larger than that observed in the near interstellar medium, is that expected from the Standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Arnon Dar

The current of status of big bang nucleosynthesis is reviewed and the concordance between theory and observation is examined in detail. It is argued that when using the observational data on he4 and li7, the two isotopes whose abundances…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 Keith A. Olive

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

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

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

A key pillar of modern cosmology, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) offers a probe of the particle content and expansion rate of the Universe a mere few minutes after the beginning. When compared with the BBN predictions, the observationally…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gary Steigman