Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: Impact of Nuclear Physics Uncertainties on Baryonic Matter Density Constraints

We performed new Big Bang Nucleosynthesis simulations with the bigbangonline.org suite of codes to determine, from the nuclear physics perspective, the highest achievable precision of the constraint on the baryon-to-photo ratio e given current observational uncertainties. We also performed sensitivi...

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Main Authors: Smith, Michael S, Bruner, Blake D, Kozub, Raymond L, Roberts, Luke F, Tytler, David, Fuller, George M, Lingerfelt, Eric, Hix, W Raphael, Nesaraja, Caroline D
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
ACCURACY
B CODES
BARYONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COSMOLOGY
ELEMENT ABUNDANCE
NUCLEAR MATTER
NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
PHOTONS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
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Summary:We performed new Big Bang Nucleosynthesis simulations with the bigbangonline.org suite of codes to determine, from the nuclear physics perspective, the highest achievable precision of the constraint on the baryon-to-photo ratio e given current observational uncertainties. We also performed sensitivity studies to determine the impact that particular nuclear physics measurements would have on the uncertainties of predicted abundances and on the e constraint.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.2943606