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The Impact of the NACRE Compilation on the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Elisabeth Vangioni-Flam, Alain Coc, Michel Casse

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0009297

Abstract

We update the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) calculations on the basis of the recent NACRE compilation of reaction rates. We estimate the uncertainties related to the nuclear reaction rates on the abundances of D, 3He, 4He, 6Li, 7Li, 9Be, 10B and 11B of cosmological and astrophysical interest. We use lithium as the main indicator of the baryon density of the Universe, rather than deuterium.

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