Compilation and R-matrix analysis of Big Bang nuclear reaction rates

By P. Descouvemont, A. Adahchour, C. Angulo, A. Coc, E. Vangioni‐Flam. 2004

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We use the R-matrix theory to fit low-energy data on nuclear reactions involved in Big Bang nucleosynthesis. A special attention is paid to the rate uncertainties which are evaluated on statistical grounds. We provide S factors and reaction rates in tabular and graphical formats. Comment: 40 pages, accepted for publication at ADNDT, web site at http://pntpm3.ulb.ac.be/bigbang

Subfields: Computational Mechanics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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• Solar fusion cross sections II: the pp chain and CNO cycles (2010, result): “…exchangecurrent contributions is 0.219 eV b, in excellent agreement with the value extrapolated from the LUNA measurements (0.216± 0.010 eV b), and evaluations by Cyburt (2004) (0.227 ± 0.014 eV b), Descouvemont et al. (2004) (0.223± 0.007 eV b) and Serpico et al. (2004) (0.214± 0.007 eV b).”
• STANDARD BIG BANG NUCLEOSYNTHESIS UP TO CNO WITH AN IMPROVED EXTENDED NUCLEAR NETWORK (2011, background): “Reaction rates were taken primarily from Angulo et al. (1999), Descouvemont et al. (2004), Iliadis et al. (2010), Xu et al. (2011a), and other evaluations when available.”
• Thermohaline instability and rotation-induced mixing - III. Grid of stellar models and asymptotic asteroseismic quantities from the pre-main sequence up to the AGB for low- and intermediate-mass stars of various metallicities (2012, unknown): “The following reactions rates are computed by: – 3He(D, p)4He (Descouvemont et al. 2004); – 3He(αα, γ)12C (Fynbo et al. 2005); – 8B(β, ν)24He; 13N(β, ν)13C; 22Na(β, ν)22Ne; 26Alm(β, ν)26Mg; 26Alg(β, ν)26Mg (Horiguchi et al. 1996); – 14C(p, γ)15N (Wiescher et al. 1990); – 14C(p, n)14N (Koehler &…”
• Nuclear reaction network for primordial nucleosynthesis: a detailed analysis of rates, uncertainties and light nuclei yields (2004, background): “Keywords: cosmological neutrinos, big bang nucleosynthesis, physics of the early universe c©2004 IOP Publishing Ltd PII: S1475-7516(04)90329-1 1475-7516/04/120010+80$30.00 JC A P 12(2004)010 Contents”
• Precision big bang nucleosynthesis with improved Helium-4 predictions (2018, background): “…obvious that experimental data are scarce at BBN energies and slightly below the scaled S–factor (an overall 9% systematic uncertainty is not shown however), while the empirical fit by Adelberger et al. (2011) or (Descouvemont et al., 2004) follows closely, by construction, the experimental data.”
• STARLIB: A NEXT-GENERATION REACTION-RATE LIBRARY FOR NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS (2011, background): “Descouvemont et al. (2004) then presented an evaluation of reaction rates important to big bang nucleosynthesis and attempted to quantify uncertainties in a more statistically meaningful manner.”
• A new approach to systematic uncertainties and self-consistency in helium abundance determinations (2010, background): “…a zero-parameter theory (Cyburt et al. 2002, 2003), leading to relatively precise predictions of the light element abundances of D, 3He, 4He, and 7Li (Cyburt et al. 2001; Coc et al. 2002, 2004; Cyburt 2004; Descouvemont et al. 2004; Cuoco et al. 2004; Serpico et al. 2004; Cyburt et al. 2008).”