Big Bang Nucleosynthesis initial conditions : revisiting Wagoner et al. (1967)

Charlie Sharpe; Geraint F. Lewis; Luke A. Barnes

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Big Bang Nucleosynthesis initial conditions : revisiting Wagoner et al. (1967)

Charlie Sharpe, Geraint F. Lewis, Luke A. Barnes

Western Sydney University

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We revisit Wagoner et al., a classic contribution in the development of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. We demonstrate that it presents an incorrect expression for the temperature of the early universe as a function of time in the high temperature limit, Т>˜ 1010 K. As this incorrect expression has been reproduced elsewhere, we present a corrected form for the initial conditions required for calculating the formation of the primordial elements in the Big Bang.

Original language	English
Article number	106
Number of pages	3
Journal	Research Notes of the AAS
Volume	5
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/abf9ac
Publication status	Published - 2021

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