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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

We extensively reanalyze effects of a long-lived negatively charged massive particle, X-, on big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN). The BBN model with an X- particle was originally motivated by the discrepancy between 6,7Li abundances predicted in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Motohiko Kusakabe , K. S. Kim , Myung-Ki Cheoun , Toshitaka Kajino , Yasushi Kino , Grant. J. Mathews

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

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis provides us with an observational insight into the very early Universe. Since this mechanism of light element synthesis comes out of the standard model of particle cosmology which follows directly from General…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-14 Sai Swagat Mishra , Ameya Kolhatkar , P. K. Sahoo

Prediction of the primordial abundances of elements in the big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is one of the three strong evidences for the big bang model. Precise knowledge of the baryon-to-photon ratio of the Universe from observations of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-06-24 Vinay Singh , Joydev Lahiri , Debasis Bhowmick , D. N. Basu

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

A brief review of standard big bang nucleosynthesis theory and the related observations of the light element isotopes is presented. Implications of BBN on chemical evolution and constraints on particle properties will also be discussed.

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-15 Keith A. Olive

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

WThe current status of big bang nucleosynthesis is reviewed with an emphasis on the comparison between the observational determination of the light element abundances of \D, \he3, \he4 and \li7 and the predictions from theory. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-15 Keith A. Olive , Sean T. Scully

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

The current status of big bang nucleosynthesis is reviewed. Particular attention is given to the degree at which the theory is consistent with the observation of the light element abundances.

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

Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is the earliest sensitive probe of the values of many fundamental particle physics parameters. We have found the leading linear dependences of primordial abundances on all relevant parameters of the standard…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Thomas Dent , Steffen Stern

We improve Standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (SBBN) calculations taking into account new nuclear physics analyses (Descouvemont et al. 2003). Using a Monte-Carlo technique, we calculate the abundances of light nuclei versus the baryon to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Coc , E. Vangioni-Flam , P. Descouvemont , A. Adahchour , C. Angulo

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

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

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

The conventional Big Bang model successfully anticipates the initial abundances of 2H(D), 3He, and 4He, aligning remarkably well with observational data. However, a persistent challenge arises in the case of 7Li, where the predicted…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-25 C. A. Bertulani , Shubhchintak

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) is studied within the framework of a two-parameter family of tensor-scalar theories of gravitation, with nonlinear scalar-matter coupling function a(phi). We run a BBN code modified by tensor-scalar gravity,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Thibault Damour , Bernard Pichon

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

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