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arxiv: hep-ph/0401231 · v2 · submitted 2004-01-29 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph

Big bang nucleosynthesis with a varying fine structure constant and non-standard expansion rate

classification ✦ hep-ph astro-ph
keywords bangconstantexpansionfinenon-standardnucleosynthesisratestructure
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We calculate primordial abundances of light elements produced during big bang nucleosynthesis when the fine structure constant and/or the cosmic expansion rate take non-standard values. We compare them with the recent values of observed D, He4 and Li7 abundances, which show slight inconsistency among themselves in the standard big bang nucleosynthesis scenario. This inconsistency is not solved by considering either a varying fine structure constant or a non-standard expansion rate separately but solutions are found by their simultaneous existence.

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