2025/03/19 by Ulf-G. Meißner, Meißner, Ulf-G., B. Metsch +3
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemical Reactions and Isotopes #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Origins and Evolution of Life #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2503.15162
openalex publication_date 2025/03/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
We discuss the fine-tunings of nuclear reactions in the Big Bang and in stars and draw some conclusions on the emergence of the light elements and the life-relevant elements carbon and oxygen. We also stress how to improve these calculations in the future. This requires a concerted effort of different communities, especially in nuclear reaction theory, lattice QCD for few-nucleon systems, stellar evolution calculations, particle physics and philosophy.