Big-bang nucleosynthesis in Brans-Dicke cosmology with a varying term related to WMAP
Abstract
We investigate the big-bang nucleosynthesis in a Brans-Dicke model with a varying term using the Monte-Carlo method and likelihood analysis. It is found that the cosmic expansion rate differs appreciably from that of the standard model. The produced abundances of 4He, D, and barely Li are consistent with the observed ones within the uncertainties in nuclear reaction rates when the baryon to photon ratio η = (5.47 - 6.64)× 10-10, which is in agreement with the value deduced from WMAP.
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