The cosmic lithium problem and physics beyond the Standard Model
Abstract
In this proceeding I briefly discuss the possibility of relic decaying or annihilating particles to explain the cosmological 7Li anomaly and/or to be the source of significant amounts of pre-galactic 6Li. The effect of relic massive charged particles through catalysis of nuclear reactions is also discussed. The possibility of a connection of the 7Li problem to the cosmic dark matter and physics beyond the standard model of particle physics, such as supersymmetry, is noted.
- Publication:
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Light Elements in the Universe
- Pub Date:
- April 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921310003820
- Bibcode:
- 2010IAUS..268...27J
- Keywords:
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- Cosmology: theory;
- early universe;
- cosmological parameters