Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978pthph..60.1703m&link_type=abstract
Progress of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 1703-1716
Physics
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Scientific paper
If there exist massive neutral leptons (heavy neutrinos), they would have been produced in thermal equilibrium in the early stages of the universe. The effects of their presence and decay on the big bang nucleosynthesis are investigated in detail and abundances of the products 4He, 2H and 7Li are compared with the observed cosmic abundances. We have determined a region in the lifetime-mass diagram of the heavy neutrino which should be ruled out in order for the big bang nucleosynthesis not to conflict with observed abundances of the elements. In addition, if a lower limit of the lifetime obtained from the Weinberg-Salam type theory, τ ≥ 6 × 107 (1 MeV/mν_h)5sec, is assumed, where mν_h is the mass of the heavy neutrino, the mass range of 70 eV,< mν_h < 10 MeV is ruled out. The other constraints on the mass and the lifetime obtained from astrophysical considerations are also discussed and summarized.
Miyama Shoken
Sato Kachishige
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