SLIDE 1 ConstraintsonΩBfrom StandardBigBangNucleosynthesis (SBBN) and CMBobservations
AlainCoc (CSNSM,Orsay), ElisabethVangioni-Flam(IAP,Paris), PierreDescouvemontand AbderrahimAdahchour (ULB,Bruxelles), andCarmenAngulo(UcL,Louvain-la-Neuve)
- DeterminationsofΩB(SBBN,CMB)
- Observationaldata(7Li,Dand4He)
- Nucleardata(recentcompilations)
- ComparisonsofΩBranges anddiscussion
SLIDE 2 DensitycomponentsoftheUniverse Anaturalreference:thecriticaldensity :
G H
C
π ρ 8 3
2
=
=1.88h2× 10-29 g/cm3or 2.9h2× 1011 M
Numberofbaryonsperphoton: η ≡ nb/nγ et Ωbh2=3.65×107η
(h=H0/100km/s/Mpc h=0.71)
Ω≡ρ/ρC
~0.002 ΩL Visiblematter 0.044±0.004 Ωb Baryons 1.02±0.02 ΩT Total 0.73±0.04 ΩΛ Vacuum 0.27±0.04 Ωm Matter
SomeΩ values
SLIDE 3
q StandardBigBangNucleosynthesis Calculatedandobserved4He,D,3He,7Li primordialabundances
✁
η (or ΩBh2) Needgood:
Observationaldata Nucleardata
Ωbdetermination
q AnisotropiesintheCosmicMicrowaveBackgroundradiation
BOOMERanG,CBI,DASI,MAXIMA,ARCHEOPS,WMAP,…..
q HIandHeII Lyman-α forestabsorption(onthelineof sightofquasars)
SLIDE 4 AnisotropiesoftheCosmicMicrowaveBackground(CMB)
FollowingCOBE,newgenerations
CBI,DASI,MAXIMA, ARCHEOPS),nowWMAP and soonPlankSurveyor arededicated tothestudyofCMBanisotropies. Att≈0.3Ma,andT≈3000K: recombination,theUniversebecomes transparent(presently2.725K)
SLIDE 5
Spatialfluctuationspectrum ofCMB→ (Inertia ofbaryons) Geometry (ΩT≈1),1st peak ΩB (2nd/1st peaks)
ΩBh2=0.0224±0.0009 η=6.134±0.246
[WMAP: Spergel etal.(2003)]
AnisotropiesoftheCosmicMicrowaveBackground(CMB)
SLIDE 6 Best isotopetoconstrainη ?
4He :littlesensitivetoη 3He :stellarproduction/
destructionnotwellunderstood.
7Li :maindrawback:anon
monotonicevolutionwithη; twoη valuesforagivenLi/H D :seemsthebestcandidate:a strongmonotonicevolutionwith η andnostellarproduction.
SLIDE 7 Deuteriumprimordialabundance
Fragileisotope:onlydestroyedafterBBN
✁
usehighestobservedvalue
- 1. Localinterstellarmedium(present):
D/H=1.510-5
- 2. Protosolar cloud(4.6Gyr ago):
D/H=2.110-5
- 3. Remotecosmologicalclouds onthe
lineofsightofquasars
SLIDE 8 D/Hobservationsina cosmologicalcloud Cloudatredshift ofz =3.6
quasarQSO1937-1009 D
Lyman-α forest
Observations:
fromthedepth/widthof absorptionlines
thecensusofthe«Lyman-α Forest » lines
[Burles &Tytler 1998]
SLIDE 9
2002 2003
Burles &Tytler 1998;Tytletetal.1996;O’Meara etal.2001; D’Odorico etal.2001;Pettini &Bowen2001;Kirkmanetal.2003
D/Hobservationsincosmologicalclouds
SLIDE 10 Observationoflithiumabundancesinlowmetallicity stars
- Spiteplateau:Li/Hversusmetallicity (time)
[Spite&Spite,1982]
- Lowdispersion
- 6Liobservations
(6Li/7Li≈10-2)
[Cayrel etal.,1999]
✂
lowLidestruction
✂
Reliableprimordial abundance
SLIDE 11
Deducedprimordialabundance:Li/H=(0.91–1.91)×10-10 after correctionforsystematiceffects[Ryanetal.,2000]
SLIDE 12 4Heobservationsin
bluecompactgalaxies
Fromasampleof82HIIregions in76bluecompactgalaxies: Yp=0.2421±0.0021 [Izotov &Thuan 2003] Previouslyusedvalues :
[Izotov etal.(1999)]
[Peimbert etal.(2002)]
SLIDE 13
Primordialnucleosynthesis withη10=1et10
SLIDE 14 Newexperiments:
[Brune etal.1999]
Compilations….
Rayetetal.(1999)]
Malaney (1993)]
The12reactionsofstandard BBN Newcompilation:
[Descouvemont,Adahchour, Angulo,Coc &Vangioni- Flam (2003),submitted]
Originofreactionrates Theoretical:
[PDG2000],verysmall uncertainty[Brown& Sawyer(2001)]
effectivefieldtheory[Chen &Savage(1999)]
SLIDE 15
Dataevaluationforthe7Li(p,α)4Hereaction
Polynomialfitofselecteddata [Angulo etal.NP1999] Spline fitofalldata [Nollett &Burles,PRD2000] [Smithetal. ApJ 1993]
(Seealso Cyburt,Fields & Olive,2001)
SLIDE 16
Newanalysisof BBNrates
[DAACV]Descouvemont, Adahchour, Angulo, Coc & Vangioni-Flam (2003), submitted
« R-Matrix »formalism: S-factorsfitsofdata constrainedbytheory
NACRE
SLIDE 17 ∆Y/Y≡ Y(highrate)/Y(lowrate)-1 (maximumfor 1≤η10≤10)
Influenceofnuclearuncertainties
SKM (1993)
7Be(n,p)7Li
NACRE(1999)
7Li(p,α)4He
0.39
NACRE(1999)
3He(α,γ)7Be
SKM (1993)
3He(d,p)4He
B (1999)
3He(n,p)3H
0.24
NACRE(1999)
3H(α,γ)7Li
NACRE(1999)
3H(d,n)4He
0.01
NACRE(1999)
2H(d,p)3H
0.12 0.06
NACRE(1999)
2H(d,n)3He
0.26 0.19
NACRE(1999)
2H(p,γ)3He
0.08
CS(1999)
1H(n,γ)2H 7Li 3He
D
4He
limits Ref. Reaction/∆Y/Y
log(XH/XL)|MAX ≡log(X(rate+1σ)/X(rate-1σ)) (maximumfor 1≤η10≤10)
- ≡ |log(XH/XL)|MAX< 0.001
- 0.003
- ±1σ
DAACV(2003)
7Be(n,p)7Li
DAACV(2003)
7Li(p,α)4He
0.049
DAACV(2003)
3He(α,γ)7Be
DAACV(2003)
3He(d,p)4He
DAACV(2003)
3He(n,p)3H
0.038
DAACV(2003)
3H(α,γ)7Li
DAACV(2003)
3H(d,n)4He
0.003
DAACV(2003)
2H(d,p)3H
0.011 0.007
DAACV(2003)
2H(d,n)3He
0.034 0.022
DAACV(2003)
2H(p,γ)3He
log(XH/XL)|MAX (XH-XL)MAX
7Li 3He
D
4He
limits Ref. Reaction/∆Y/Y
SLIDE 18 Comparisonbetween
abundances Limits(1-σ)obtainedby Monte-CarlofromDAACV reactionrateuncertainties.
- D:D/H=(2.78+0.44
- 0.38)×10-5 (1σ)
[Kirkman etal.(2003)]
- 7Li:Li/H=(1.23+0.68
- 0.32)×10-10 (2σ)
[Ryan etal.(2000)]
- ΩBh2=0.0224±0.0009,[WMAP:
Spergel etal.(2003)] Primordialabundances
- 4He:Yp=0.2452±0.0015 [Izotovetal.
(1999)], Yp=0.2391±0.0020 [Peimbert etal.(2002)] Primordialabundances
[Izotovetal.(2003)]
SLIDE 19 η10 =6.134±0.246 (WMAP) SBBN+(D,Li,4He),95%c.l.: 5.0<η10<7.3 (D only) 1.6<η10<4.3 (Lionly) 2.45<η10<5.20 (4Heonly) 2.45<η10<4.20 (Li&4He)
Baryonicdensity:CMBvs SBBN?
D+Li (68%c.l.)
P r
i s i
a l
SLIDE 20 PrimordialabundancesfromCMBvalueofΩbh2andSBBN
- D/H=(2.66±0.17)×10-5 (1σ)
FullycompatiblewithD/H measuredvaluesincosmological clouds.
- Li/H=(4.18±0.46)×10-10 (1σ)
Afactorof≈ 3.4higherthanthe valuededucedfromobservations UsingΩBh2=0.0224±0.0009, [WMAP: Spergel etal.(2003)] and DAACV ratesinSBBNcalculations give: Seealso Cyburt,Fields & Olive, astro-ph/0302431(≈NACRE)
D/H=(2.74+0.26
Li/H=(3.76+1.03
SLIDE 21 OriginofCMB/SBBNdiscrepancies?
Observationalbias:1D/3D,LTE/NLTEmodel atmospheres Listellardestruction(6Liobservations,however)
ExtensionofGeneralRelativity,Quintessence, Branes,Leptonasymmetry,InhomogeneousBBN, Variationoffundamentalcouplings,…. Blazars contaminationofCMB[astro-ph/0306206]
- Pregalactic evolution?(notaffectingD!)
Spallation bycosmologicalcosmicrays Firstgenerationstars
Variationofα
[Nollett &Lopez 2002]
Variationofα
[Nollett &Lopez 2002]
SLIDE 22
Experimentaldataon10B(p,α)7Bereaction
SLIDE 23
Evolutionofthe10B(p,α)7Berate
Theratiobetweenthe NACRE (Angulo etal., 1999)rateandtheCF88 (Caughlan &Fowler, 1988)one. Afactorof≈10inthe SBBNproductionof10B Reactionratescanchangebyhugefactorsfromoldestimatesto newones(newdata).Anotherexample18F(p,α)innovae.
SLIDE 24 Othernuclearreactionrates
Significantchanges(upto×3) for:3H(p,γ)4He,7Be(n,α)4He and7Li(d,n)24He butnotallowed and/oraffectslowdensityregion Aninterestingcase: the7Be(d,p)2α reaction
←×30 ←×100 ←×300 ←×1000
Othernuclearreactionrates
involvedinSBBNfromHtoB
uncertaintyonrateisnotavailable
- Systematiccheckbyvaryingthe
ratesbyfactorsof10,100,1000.
SLIDE 25 Experimentaldataon7Be(d,p)2α reaction
Reactionrate[CF88] from anestimate[Parker,1972] basedonpartialexperimental data[Kavanagh,1960] NodataatBBNenergies!
7Be(d,p)8Be*→2α
Experiment(2004)
Experimentin2004 at LouvainlaNeuve 1. Reversekinematics:7Bebeam(Louvain laNeuve)andCD2 target. (CRC(LouvainLN),CSNSM,Edinburgh,ULB) 2. Directmeasurementradioactive7Be target andd beam(CENBG2005?)
SLIDE 26 8Be+p 5Li+α
Kavanagh1960
? ?
The7Be(d,p)2α and7Be(d,α)5Lireactions
SLIDE 27 Conclusions
- FirstSBBNcalculationswith« main »nuclearreactionrates
- ConstrainedbyR-matrixtheory
- Statisticallyevaluateduncertainties
- Confirms good agreementforΩB valuesdeducedfrom:
1. CMB, 2. SBBN(D), 3. Lyman-α
- Howeverdisagreementbetween :
v SBBN(7Li+4He)andCMB
- Stellar,cosmology,pre-galactic,origin?
- Needtoexcludenuclearorigin
v Systematicerrors[e.g.3He(α,γ)7Be)] butnotafactorof3!!! v Investigate« new »SBBNreactions[7Be+d ]
- Maybesomeinterestingnew(astro)physics