Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Publications

Reviews:

• Big-bang nucleosynthesis (PDG, arXiv:1412.1408)
• Measuring the baryon content of the universe: BBN vs CMB (Recontres de Blois, astro-ph/0205116)
• Big bang nucleosynthesis: Reprise (IWDM Heidelberg, astro-ph/9903183)
• Primordial nucleosynthesis and dark matter (IWDM Heidelberg, astro-ph/9611232)
• Big bang nucleosynthesis and physics beyond the Standard Model (Reports on Progress in Physics, hep-ph/9602260)

Papers:

• Gravitino cosmology with a very light neutralino (arXiv:1111.5715)
• The big bang nucleosynthesis limit on N_nu (hep-ph/9901404)
• Quantifying uncertainties in primordial nucleosynthesis without Monte Carlo simulations (astro-ph/9803177)
• Ruling out a critical density baryonic universe (hep-ph/9705331)
• Nucleosynthesis bounds on a time-varying cosmological `constant' (astro-ph/9605055)
• No crisis for big bang nucleosynthesis (astro-ph/9603045)
• Primordial nucleosynthesis, additional neutrinos and neutral currents from the superstring (1986)

Talks

• History of BBN (Latest Advances in the Physics of BBN & Neutrino Decoupling, 12-13 Apr 2021, Munich)
• Masterclass: Big bang nucleosynthesis (The Ninth Quantum Universe Symposium, 18 Apr 2019, Groningen)
• Lecture on big bang nucleosynthesis (DPG School, 20-25 Sep 2009, Bad Honnef)
• Is the current theory of primordial nucleosynthesis secure? (RAS Discussion Meeting: Bernard Pagel's universe: galaxies and the elements, 13-14 Nov 2008, London)
• Big bang nucleosynthesis and new physics (From strings to Cosmic Web, 30 Nov-2 Dec 2005, Groningen)

Tools

• BBN code (1, 2, 3, 4) : Wagoner (1973), modified by Kawano (1992)
• FASTBBN code - Lisi, Sarkar & Villante (1999)
• JAVA calculator - Mendoza & Hogan (1999)
• PArthENoPE code - Pisanti et al (2008)
• AlterBBN code - Arbey (2011)

Links

• Big Bang Online
• Latest BBN review in `The Review of Particle Physics'
• The Net Advance of Physics: Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Meetings

• Latest Advances in the Physics of BBN & Neutrino Decoupling , Munich, 12-13 Apr 2021
• Deuterium in the Universe, Meudon, 25-27 June 2001
• Synthesis of Light Nuclei in the Early Universe, Trento, 23 June-4 July 1997