Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

The new hybrid BBN model with the photon cooling, X particle, and the primordial magnetic field

  • Dai G. Yamazaki*
  • , Motohiko Kusakabe
  • , Toshitaka Kajino
  • , Grant J. Mathews
  • , Myung Ki Cheoun
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Ibaraki University
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
  • University of Notre Dame
  • The University of Tokyo
  • Soongsil University

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

The Big Bang Nucleosynthesis theory accurately reproduces the abundances of light elements in the universes, except for the 7Li abundance. The calculated 7Li abundance with the baryon-to-photon ratio fixed by the observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is inconsistent with the observed lithium abundances on the surface of metal-poor halo stars, and this problem is called "7Li problem". Previous studies proposed to resolve this 7Li problem include photon cooling (possibly via the Bose-Einstein condensation of a scalar particle), the decay of a long-lived X particle (possibly the nextto- lightest supersymmetric particle), or an energy density of a primordial magnetic field (PMF). We review and analyze the results of these solutions both separately and in concert, and the constraint on the X particles and the PMF parameters from observed light-element abundances with a likelihood analysis. We can discover parameter ranges of the X particles which can solve the 7Li problem and constrain the energy density of the PMF.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1741006
JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics E
Volume26
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Big Bang nucleosynthesis
  • Dark matter
  • Magnetic field

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'The new hybrid BBN model with the photon cooling, X particle, and the primordial magnetic field'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this