PRIMORDIAL NUCLEOSYNTHESIS OF INTERMEDIATE-MASS ELEMENTS IN BARYON-NUMBER INHOMOGENEOUS BIG-BANG MODELS - OBSERVATIONAL TESTS

被引:89
作者
KAJINO, T
MATHEWS, GJ
FULLER, GM
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,DEPT PHYS,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
[2] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,CTR ASTROPHYS & SPACE SCI,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
[3] UNIV CALIF LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB,INST GEOPHYS & PLANETARY PHYS,LIVERMORE,CA 94550
[4] UNIV CALIF LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB,DEPT PHYS,LIVERMORE,CA 94550
关键词
Abundances; Early universe; Nucleosynthesis; Stars: abundances; Stars: Population II;
D O I
10.1086/169381
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We discuss the primordial nucleosynthesis of intermediate-mass nuclei up to A = 28 in the neutron-rich and proton-rich environments produced by baryon-number-inhomogeneous big bang models. We find that there could be several observational signatures of such neutron-rich and proton-rich primordial nucleosynthesis if sufficiently accurate isotopic and elemental abundance ratios could be measured for extremely metal-poor stars. These observations could also provide important information about the degree of baryon-number inhomogeneity at the time of primordial nucleosynthesis.
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