The impact of new d(p,γ)3 rates on Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Yeh, Tsung-Han; Olive, Keith A.; Fields, Brian D.

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2021/03/046

The impact of new d(p,γ)3 rates on Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Journal Article · Mon Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/03/046· OSTI ID:1837511

Yeh, Tsung-Han ^[1]; Olive, Keith A. ^[2]; Fields, Brian D. ^[3]

Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States); University of Minnesota
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)

We consider the effect on Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) of new measurements of the d(p,γ)³He cross section by the LUNA Collaboration. These have an important effect on the primordial abundance of D/H which is also sensitive to the baryon density at the time of BBN. We have re-evaluated the thermal rate for this reaction, using a world average of cross section data, which we describe with model-independent polynomials; our results are in good agreement with a similar analysis by LUNA. We then perform a full likelihood analysis combining BBN and Planck cosmic microwave background (CMB) likelihood chains using the new rate combined with previous measurements and compare with the results using previous rates. Concordance between BBN and CMB measurements of the anisotropy spectrum using the old rates was excellent. The predicted deuterium abundance at the Planck value of the baryon density was (D/H)_BBN+CMB^old = (2.57 ± 0.13) × 10^–5 which can be compared with the value determined from quasar absorption systems (D/H)_obs = (2.55 ± 0.03) × 10^–5. Using the new rates we find (D/H)_BBN+CMB = (2.51 ± 0.11) × 10^–5. We thus find consistency among BBN theory, deuterium and 4He observations, and the CMB, when using reaction rates fit in our data-driven approach. We also find that the new reaction data tightens the constraints on the number of relativistic degrees of freedom during BBN, giving the effective number of light neutrino species N_ν = 2.880 ± 0.144 in good agreement with the Standard Model of particle physics. Lastly, we note that the observed deuterium abundance continues to be more precise than the BBN+CMB prediction, whose error budget is now dominated by d(d,n)³He and d(d,p)³H.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0011842

OSTI ID:: 1837511

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 23181499

Journal Information:: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Journal Issue: 03 Vol. 2021; ISSN 1475-7516

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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