Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-06-04
Astrophys.J. 479 (1997) 31-39
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
LaTeX, 11 pages and 4 figures, aas2pp4.sty
Scientific paper
10.1086/303858
We examine effects on primordial nucleosynthesis from a truly random spatial distribution in the baryon-to-photon ratio ($\eta$). We generate stochastic fluctuation spectra characterized by different spectral indices and root-mean-square fluctuation amplitudes. For the first time we explicitly calculate the effects of baryon diffusion on the nucleosynthesis yields of such stochastic fluctuations. We also consider the collapse instability of large-mass-scale inhomogeneities. Our results are generally applicable to any primordial mechanism producing fluctuations in $\eta$ which can be characterized by a spectral index. In particular, these results apply to primordial isocurvature baryon fluctuation (PIB) models. The amplitudes of scale-invariant baryon fluctuations are found to be severely constrained by primordial nucleosynthesis. However, when the $\eta$ distribution is characterized by decreasing fluctuation amplitudes with increasing length scale, surprisingly large fluctuation amplitudes on the baryon diffusion scale are allowed.
Jedamzik Karsten
Kurki-Suonio Hannu
Mathews Grant J.
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