Prospects for determining the cosmological helium-3 to helium-4 ratio via absorption-line studies of the local interstellar medium

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Absorption Spectroscopy, Abundance, Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation, Helium Isotopes, Interstellar Matter, Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Cosmology, Deuterium, Neutrinos, Nuclear Fusion, White Dwarf Stars

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The prospects for determining the interstellar (He-3)/(He-4) ratio via absorption-line studies in the extreme ultraviolet are considered. A high-resolution extreme-ultraviolet spectrometer fed by a 1-meter-class telescope similar to that discussed in the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Report (1983) is assumed, and it is found that detection of He-3 may be possible with less than three days of observing time. To measure the (He-3)/(He-4) ratio with sufficient precision to determine the number of light neutrino species will require over 50 days of integration time for each object studied.

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