On cosmological low entropy after the big bang: universal expansion and nucleosynthesis

DOI10.1007/S10714-023-03090-YzbMATH Open1528.83161arXiv2302.03988MaRDI QIDQ6132952FDOQ6132952

Authors: Charlie F. Sharpe, Luke A. Barnes, Geraint F. Lewis 

Publication date: 15 July 2023

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate the sensitivity of a universe's nuclear entropy after Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) to variations in both the baryon-to-photon ratio and the temporal evolution of cosmological expansion. Specifically, we construct counterfactual cosmologies to quantify the degree by which these two parameters must vary from those in our Universe before we observe a substantial change in the degree of fusion, and thus nuclear entropy, during BBN. We find that, while the post-BBN nuclear entropy is indeed linked to baryogenesis and the Universe's expansion history, the requirement of leftover light elements does not place strong constraints on the properties of these two cosmological processes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.03988

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmologybaryogenesisscale factorbig bang nucleosynthesis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Nuclear physics (81V35) Quantum optics (81V80) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) PDEs on time scales (35R07)

Cites Work

• Physical Foundations of Cosmology

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