Primordial Nucleosynthesis: accurate predictions for light element abundances

1999/04/29 by Salvatore Esposito, S. Esposito, Esposito, S.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #astro-ph #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9904411

latex2e, Ph.D. thesis, 138 pages, 33 figures, 15 tables

arxiv created 1999/04/29 · openalex publication_date 1999/04/29 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

A detailed analysis of primordial nucleosynthesis predictions for light element abundances is performed. Contents: 1. The standard cosmology: an overview. 2. Primordial nucleosynthesis. 3. The Born rates for np reactions. 4. Finite nucleon mass corrections. 5. QED thermal radiative corrections. 6. Calculations of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. Results.

Citations

• Introduction to Gauge Field Theory

Related

• Primordial Nucleosynthesis: The Predicted and Observed Abundances and Their Consequences
• Primordial Nucleosynthesis For The New Millennium
• Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the Observed Abundances of Light Elements
• Nucleosynthesis in a simmering univeerse
• Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: Reprise