Primordial nucleosynthesis: theory and observations

被引:394
作者
Olive, KA
Steigman, G
Walker, TP
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Sch Phys & Astron, Inst Theoret Phys, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[2] Ohio State Univ, Dept Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[3] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
来源
PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS | 2000年 / 333卷 / 1-6期
关键词
cosmology; nucleosynthesis; abundances;
D O I
10.1016/S0370-1573(00)00031-4
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We review the cosmology and physics underlying Primordial Nucleosynthesis and survey current observational data in order to compare the predictions of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis with the inferred primordial abundances. From this comparison we report on the status of the consistency of the standard hot big bang model, we constrain the universal density of baryons (nucleons), and we set limits to the numbers and/or effective interactions of hypothetical new "light" particles (equivalent massless neutrinos). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:389 / 407
页数:19
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