Primordial nucleosynthesis including radiative, Coulomb, and finite-temperature corrections to weak rates

Dicus, Duane A. ; Kolb, Edward W. ; Gleeson, A. M. ; Sudarshan, E. C. G. ; Teplitz, Vigdor L. ; Turner, Michael S. (1982) Primordial nucleosynthesis including radiative, Coulomb, and finite-temperature corrections to weak rates Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 26 (10). pp. 2694-2706. ISSN 1550-7998

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Official URL: http://prd.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v26/i10/p2694_1

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.26.2694

Abstract

We calculate the changes in the yields of primordial nucleosynthesis which result from small corrections to rates for weak processes that connect neutrons and protons. We correct the weak rates by improved treatment of Coulomb and radiative corrections, and by inclusion of plasma effects. Our calculations lead to a systematic decrease in the predicted 4He abundance of about ΔY=0.0025. The relative changes in other primordial abundances are also 1-2%.

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