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Coupled variations of fundamental couplings and primordial nucleosynthesis

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Coc, Alain, Nunes, Nelson J., Olive, Keith A., Uzan, Jean-Philippe, Vangioni, Elisabeth·2007·Physical Review D
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The effect of variations of the fundamental nuclear parameters on big-bang nucleosynthesis are modeled and discussed in detail taking into account the interrelations between the fundamental parameters arising in unified theories. Considering only $^{4}\mathrm{He}$, strong constraints on the variation of the neutron lifetime, neutron-proton mass difference are set. These constraints are then translated into constraints on the time variation of the Yukawa couplings and the fine structure constant. Furthermore, we show that a variation of the deuterium binding energy is able to reconcile the $^{7}\mathrm{Li}$ abundance deduced from the WMAP analysis with its spectroscopically determined value while maintaining concordance with D and $^{4}\mathrm{He}$. The analysis is strongly based on the potential model of Flambaum and Shuryak that relates the binding energy of the deuteron with the nucleon and $\ensuremath{\sigma}$ and $\ensuremath{\omega}$ mesons masses; however, we show that an alternative approach that consists of a pion mass dependence necessarily leads to equivalent conclusions.

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  • The variations of mu and alpha_EM are correlated, still in a very model-dependent way, typically d mu/mu = -0.8 R d alpha_EM/alpha_EM + 0.6(S+1) dh/h, with S approximately 160.

    “This would also imply that the variations of l and a EM are correlated, still in a very model-dependent way, typically one can conclude (Coc et al. 2007) that dl l ¼ À0:8R da EM a EM þ 0:6ðS þ 1Þ dh h ;”

    From Fundamental constants: from measurement to the universe, a window on gravitation and cosmology (2025) · cites this paper as Coc et al. 2007

  • The BBN parameters behave as DQ_np/Q_np = [0.1 + 0.7S - 0.6R] Da_EM/a_EM, Ds_n/s_n = [-0.2 - 2.0S + 3.8R] Da_EM/a_EM, and DB_D/B_D = [-6.5(1+S) + 18R] Da_EM/a_EM.

    “DQ np =Q np ¼½0:1 þ 0:7S À 0:6RDa EM =a EM ;ð122Þ Ds n =s n ¼½À0:2 À 2:0S þ 3:8RDa EM =a EM ;ð123Þ DB D =B D ¼½À6:5ð1 þ SÞ þ 18RDa EM =a EM ;ð124Þ”

    From Fundamental constants: from measurement to the universe, a window on gravitation and cosmology (2025) · cites this paper as Coc et al. 2007

  • Typical values in unification scenarios are (R,S) = (26,160) and (109.4,0) in dilaton type models.

    “Their typical value in unification scenarios are thought to be ðR; SÞ ¼ ð26; 160Þ (Langacker et al. 2002;Coc et al. 2007) and (109.4,0) in dilaton type models (Nakashima et al. 2010).”

    From Fundamental constants: from measurement to the universe, a window on gravitation and cosmology (2025) · cites this paper as Coc et al. 2007

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Coc, A., Nunes, N. J., Olive, K. A., Uzan, J.-P., & Vangioni, E.
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
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Physical Review D
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American Physical Society (APS)
Published
2007-07-20
Volume
76
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2
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023511
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  • 0556-2821 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-7998
  • 1550-2368
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10.1103/physrevd.76.023511
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  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
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Keywords
big bang nucleosynthesis, neutron lifetime, neutron-proton mass difference, Yukawa couplings, fine-structure constant variation, helium-4 abundance, deuterium abundance, pion mass dependence, variation of fundamental constants

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