Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-06-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
19 pages, LaTex, ApJ re-submitted (update of observations)
Scientific paper
10.1086/306412
Direct observations of the supposedly universal primordial deuterium abundance imply a relatively large baryon density $\Omega_B= (0.019-0.030)h^{-2}$ (95% C.L.). On the other hand, concordance between the previously accepted $^4 He$ and $^7 Li$ abundances and standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis requires the thrice smaller value $\Omega_B=(0.005-0.010)h^{-2}$ (95% C.L.). For each $\Omega_B$, we use X-ray and Sunyaev-Zeldovich observations of the baryon fraction $f_B$ in rich clusters of galaxies, in order to obtain limits on the total mass density $\Omega_{cl}$ in clusters of galaxies. The higher-$\Omega_B$ values are consistent with clusters being a fair sample of the Universe, and then imply $\Omega_{m} =(0.3-0.9)$, a medium or critical density Universe. Said otherwise, the observed limits $f_B > 0.1, ~ \Omega_m > 0.3$ imply $\Omega_B > 0.03$. If the newer$^4 He$ abundance observations are accepted, this is consistent with standard BBN.
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