Speaker
Carl Brune
(Ohio University)
Description
Recent experimental and theoretical nuclear physics results that connect to Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) will be reviewed. Motivations for new nuclear physics measurements are provided by precise astrophysical deuterium observations and the need to understand the BBN production of elements heavier than helium. These heavier elements (lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, etc...) may be important seed material for further nucleosynthesis in the first generation of stars. Specific cases where new measurements are needed will be indicated.
Primary author
Carl Brune
(Ohio University)
