BBN

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BBN is the early-universe process that produced the lightest elements—mainly hydrogen, helium, and small amounts of lithium—within the first few minutes after the Big Bang.

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BBN canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Big Bang nucleosynthesis ⓘ
cosmological process ⓘ
alsoKnownAs primordial nucleosynthesis ⓘ
assumes homogeneous and isotropic universe ⓘ
standard model of particle physics ⓘ
beginsWhen temperature drops below about 1 MeV ⓘ
category nuclear astrophysics ⓘ
physical cosmology ⓘ
constrains baryon density of the universe ⓘ
cosmological parameters ⓘ
effective number of neutrino species ⓘ
dependsOn baryon-to-photon ratio ⓘ
expansion rate of the universe ⓘ
number of light neutrino species ⓘ
distinctFrom cosmic-ray spallation ⓘ
stellar nucleosynthesis ⓘ
drivenBy nuclear reactions in hot dense plasma ⓘ
endsWhen temperature drops to about 0.01 MeV ⓘ
follows neutrino decoupling ⓘ
weak interaction freeze-out ⓘ
fullName Big Bang nucleosynthesis ⓘ
isComplementaryTo cosmic microwave background measurements ⓘ
isIndependentProbeOf cosmic baryon density ⓘ
keyReaction deuterium formation from proton and neutron ⓘ
helium-4 synthesis from deuterium and helium-3 ⓘ
proton–neutron interconversion via weak interactions ⓘ
mainProducts helium ⓘ
hydrogen ⓘ
occursIn early universe ⓘ
precededBy quark–hadron transition ⓘ
predicts primordial deuterium abundance ⓘ
primordial helium-3 abundance ⓘ
primordial helium-4 mass fraction of about 25 percent ⓘ
primordial lithium-7 abundance ⓘ
produces deuterium ⓘ
helium-3 ⓘ
helium-4 ⓘ
hydrogen-1 ⓘ
light elements ⓘ
lithium-7 ⓘ
trace amounts of other light nuclides ⓘ
secondaryProducts lithium ⓘ
sensitiveTo new light particle species ⓘ
variations in fundamental constants ⓘ
supports Big Bang model ⓘ
linked to: Big Bang cosmology
testedBy observations of primordial element abundances ⓘ
timeAfterBigBang approximately 1 second to 20 minutes ⓘ
first few minutes ⓘ

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Big Bang nucleosynthesis → alsoKnownAs → BBN ⓘ
subject linked to: big bang nucleosynthesis