Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-08-22
Astrophys.J.630:L105-L108,2005
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To appear in Astrophysical J. Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/491732
The WMAP satellite, devoted to the observations of the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation, has recently provided a determination of the baryonic density of the Universe with unprecedented precision. Using this, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) calculations predict a primordial 7Li abundance which is a factor 2-3 higher than that observed in galactic halo dwarf stars. It has been argued that this discrepancy could be resolved if the 7Be(d,p)2alpha reaction rate is around a factor of 100 larger than has previously been considered. We have now studied this reaction, for the first time at energies appropriate to the Big Bang environment, at the CYCLONE radioactive beam facility at Louvain-la-Neuve. The cross section was found to be a factor of 10 smaller than derived from earlier measurements. It is concluded therefore that nuclear uncertainties cannot explain the discrepancy between observed and predicted primordial 7Li abundances, and an alternative astrophysical solution must be investigated.
Achouri N. L.
Angulo Carmen
Casarejos E.
Coc Alain
Cortina-Gil D.
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