TY - JOUR
T1 - Heavy element production in inhomogeneous big bang nucleosynthesis
AU - Matsuura, Shunji
AU - Fujimoto, Shin Ichirou
AU - Nishimura, Sunao
AU - Hashimoto, Masa Aki
AU - Sato, Katsuhiko
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PY - 2005/12/15
Y1 - 2005/12/15
N2 - We present a new astrophysical site of the big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) that are very peculiar compared with the standard BBN. Some models of the baryogenesis suggest that very high baryon density regions were formed in the early universe. On the other hand, recent observations suggest that heavy elements already exist in high red-shifts and the origin of these elements become a big puzzle. Motivated by these, we investigate BBN in very high baryon density regions. BBN proceeds in proton-rich environment, which is known to be like the p-process. However, by taking very heavy nuclei into account, we find that BBN proceeds through both the p-process and the r-process simultaneously. P-nuclei such as M92o, M94o, R96u, R98u whose origin is not well known are also synthesized.
AB - We present a new astrophysical site of the big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) that are very peculiar compared with the standard BBN. Some models of the baryogenesis suggest that very high baryon density regions were formed in the early universe. On the other hand, recent observations suggest that heavy elements already exist in high red-shifts and the origin of these elements become a big puzzle. Motivated by these, we investigate BBN in very high baryon density regions. BBN proceeds in proton-rich environment, which is known to be like the p-process. However, by taking very heavy nuclei into account, we find that BBN proceeds through both the p-process and the r-process simultaneously. P-nuclei such as M92o, M94o, R96u, R98u whose origin is not well known are also synthesized.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.123505
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.123505
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:29744451985
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 72
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 12
M1 - 123505
ER -