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Title: Present status of primordial nucleosynthesis after WMAP: results from a new BBN code

Abstract: We report on the status of primordial nucleosynthesis in light of recent results on CMB anisotropies from WMAP experiment. Theoretical estimates for nuclei abundances, along with the corresponding uncertainties, are evaluated using a new numerical code, where all nuclear rates usually considered have been updated using the most recent available data. Moreover, additional processes, neglected in previous calculations, have been included. The combined analysis of CMB and primordial nucleosynthesis prediction for Deuterium gives an effective number of relativistic degrees of freedom in good agreement with the simplest scenario of three non degenerate neutrinos. Our findings seem to point out possible systematics affecting 4He mass fraction measurements, or the effect of exotic physics, like a slightly degenerate relic neutrino background.
Comments: 29 LaTeX pages, 23 figures. A mistake in Y_p quotation and minor typos corrected
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
Journal reference: Int.J.Mod.Phys. A19 (2004) 4431-4454
Report number: DSF 25/2003
Cite as: arXiv:astro-ph/0307213v5

Submission history

From: Ofelia Pisanti [view email]
[v1] Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:08:40 GMT (256kb)
[v2] Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:15:17 GMT (256kb)
[v3] Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:44:19 GMT (256kb)
[v4] Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:19:47 GMT (290kb)
[v5] Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:34:02 GMT (281kb)