Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Dec 1989
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Big Bang Cosmology, Nuclear Astrophysics, Nuclear Fusion, Universe, Abundance, Baryons, Flux Density, Helium, Lithium, Neutrinos, Neutrons, Nuclear Reactions
Scientific paper
The homogeneous big-bang nucleosynthesis yields of D, He-3, He-4, and Li-7 are computed taking into account recent measurements of the neutron mean-life as well as updates of several nuclear reaction rates which primarily affect the production of Li-7. The extraction of primordial abundances from observation and the likelihood that the primordial mass fraction of He-4, Y(sub p) is less than or equal to 0.24 are discussed. Using the primordial abundances of D + He-3 and Li-7 we limit the baryon-to-photon ratio (eta in units of 10 exp -10) 2.6 less than or equal to eta(sub 10) less than or equal to 4.3; which we use to argue that baryons contribute between 0.02 and 0.11 to the critical energy density of the universe. An upper limit to Y(sub p) of 0.24 constrains the number of light neutrinos to N(sub nu) less than or equal to 3.4, in excellent agreement with the LEP and SLC collider results. We turn this argument around to show that the collider limit of 3 neutrino species can be used to bound the primordial abundance of He-4: 0.235 less than or equal to Y(sub p) less than or equal to 0.245.
Olive Keith A.
Schramm David N.
Steigman Gary
Walker Terry P.
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