Updated Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis compared to WMAP results
Creators
- 1. CSNSM, CNRS/IN2P3/UPS, Bat. 104, 91405 Orsay Campus (France)
- 2. IAP/CNRS, 98bis Bd. Arago, 75014 Paris France (France)
- 3. Physique Nucleaire Theorique et Physique Mathematique, CP229, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels (Belgium)
- 4. Centre de Recherche du Cyclotron, UCL, Chemin du Cyclotron 2, B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve (Belgium)
Description
From the observations of the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation, the WMAP satellite has provided a determination of the baryonic density of the Universe, Ωbh2, with an unprecedented precision. This imposes a careful reanalysis of the standard Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis (SBBN) calculations. We have updated our previous calculations using thermonuclear reaction rates provided by a new analysis of experimental nuclear data constrained by R-matrix theory. Combining these BBN results with the Ωbh2 value from WMAP, we deduce the light element (4He, D, 3He and 7Li) primordial abundances and compare them with spectroscopic observations. There is a very good agreement with deuterium observed in cosmological clouds, which strengthens the confidence on the estimated baryonic density of the Universe. However, there is an important discrepancy between the deduced 7Li abundance and the one observed in halo stars of our Galaxy, supposed, until now, to represent the primordial abundance of this isotope. The origin of this discrepancy, observational, nuclear or more fundamental remains to be clarified. The possible role of the up to now neglected 7Be(d,p)2α and 7Be(d,α)5Li reactions is considered
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.1737127;
- arXiv
- arXiv:astro-ph/0401008v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 704
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 341-350
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- 5. Tours symposium on nuclear physics
- Dates
- 26-29 Aug 2003
- Place
- Tours (France)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36070749
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ANISOTROPY; BERYLLIUM 7; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COSMOLOGY; DEUTERIUM; ELEMENT ABUNDANCE; HELIUM 3; HELIUM 4; LITHIUM 5; LITHIUM 7; NUCLEONS; R MATRIX; RELICT RADIATION; SATELLITES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- ABUNDANCE; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BARYONS; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVALUATION; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; LITHIUM ISOTOPES; MATRICES; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; SYNTHESIS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics