Signatures of Inhomogeneity in the Early Universe
Abstract
The production of elemental CNO in inhomogeneous nucleosynthesis is systematically studied for a much larger region of parameter space than ever before. The Li-7(n, gamma)Li-8(alpha, n)B-11 channel is shown to be the dominant path to CNO production in regions of parameter space in which there is significant CNO production. It is shown that this finding is a clear signal of an inhomogeneous Omega(b) = about 1 universe.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- May 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1086/169948
- Bibcode:
- 1991ApJ...372....1K
- Keywords:
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- Evolution (Development);
- Nuclear Astrophysics;
- Nuclear Fusion;
- Universe;
- Astronomical Models;
- Carbon;
- Inhomogeneity;
- Nitrogen;
- Oxygen;
- Astrophysics;
- ABUNDANCES;
- EARLY UNIVERSE;
- NUCLEOSYNTHESIS