Abstract
The determination of the primeval deuterium abundance has opened a precision era in big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN), making accurate predictions more important than ever before. We present in analytic form new, more precise predictions for the light-element abundances and their error matrix. Using our predictions and the primeval deuterium abundance we infer a baryon density of Omega_B h^2 = 0.020 pm 0.002 (95% cl) and find no evidence for stellar production (or destruction) of 3He beyond burning D to 3He. Conclusions about 4He and 7Li currently hinge upon possible systematic error in their measurements.
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Big Bang nucleosynthesisNucleosynthesisCosmologyPhysicsDeuteriumAbundance (ecology)Big Bang (financial markets)Abundance of the chemical elementsAstrophysicsSystematic errorNuclear reactionAstronomyNuclear physicsStarsStatistics
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- 2001
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- article
- Volume
- 552
- Issue
- 1
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- L1-L5
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- 460
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Scott Burles,
Kenneth M. Nollett,
Michael S. Turner
(2001).
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Predictions for Precision Cosmology.
The Astrophysical Journal
, 552
(1)
, L1-L5.
https://doi.org/10.1086/320251
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- 10.1086/320251