Precision big bang nucleosynthesis with improved Helium-4 predictions

C Pitrou, A Coc, JP Uzan, E Vangioni - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Primordial nucleosynthesis is one of the three historical evidences for the big bang model,
together with the expansion of the universe and the cosmic microwave background. There is …

Big bang nucleosynthesis: Present status

RH Cyburt, BD Fields, KA Olive, TH Yeh - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2016 - APS
Big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) describes the production of the lightest nuclides via a
dynamic interplay among the four fundamental forces during the first seconds of cosmic time …

Review of particle physics

C Patrignani, K Agashe, G Aielli, C Amsler, M Antonelli… - 2016 - openaccess.inaf.it
The Review summarizes much of particle physics and cosmology. Using data from previous
editions, plus 3,062 new measurements from 721 papers, we list, evaluate, and average …

Planck 2015 results-xiii. cosmological parameters

PAR Ade, N Aghanim, M Arnaud, M Ashdown… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
This paper presents cosmological results based on full-mission Planck observations of
temperature and polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) …

Big-bang nucleosynthesis after Planck

BD Fields, KA Olive, TH Yeh… - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We assess the status of big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) in light of the final Planck data
release and other recent developments, and in anticipation of future measurements. Planck …

The baryon density of the Universe from an improved rate of deuterium burning

V Mossa, K Stöckel, F Cavanna, F Ferraro, M Aliotta… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Light elements were produced in the first few minutes of the Universe through a sequence of
nuclear reactions known as Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN),. Among the light elements …

CMB-S4 science book

KN Abazajian, P Adshead, Z Ahmed, SW Allen… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2016 - arxiv.org
This book lays out the scientific goals to be addressed by the next-generation ground-based
cosmic microwave background experiment, CMB-S4, envisioned to consist of dedicated …

Massive neutrinos and cosmology

J Lesgourgues, S Pastor - Physics Reports, 2006 - Elsevier
The present experimental results on neutrino flavour oscillations provide evidence for non-
zero neutrino masses, but give no hint on their absolute mass scale, which is the target of …

Solar fusion cross sections. II. The chain and CNO cycles

EG Adelberger, A García, RGH Robertson… - Reviews of Modern …, 2011 - APS
The available data on nuclear fusion cross sections important to energy generation in the
Sun and other hydrogen-burning stars and to solar neutrino production are summarized and …

A white paper on keV sterile neutrino dark matter

R Adhikari, M Agostini, NA Ky, T Araki… - … of cosmology and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a comprehensive review of keV-scale sterile neutrino Dark Matter, collecting
views and insights from all disciplines involved—cosmology, astrophysics, nuclear, and …