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Quantifying uncertainties in primordial nucleosynthesis without Monte Carlo simulations

Abstract:: We present a simple method for determining the (correlated) uncertainties of the light element abundances expected from big bang nucleosynthesis, which avoids the need for lengthy Monte Carlo simulations. Our approach helps to clarify the role of the different nuclear reactions contributing to a particular elemental abundance and makes it easy to implement energy-independent changes in the measured reaction rates. As an application, we demonstrate how this method simplifies the statistical estimation of the nucleon-to-photon ratio through comparison of the standard BBN predictions with the observationally inferred abundances.

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Fiorentini, G., Lisi, E., Sarkar, S., & Villante, F. (1998). Quantifying uncertainties in primordial nucleosynthesis without Monte Carlo simulations. Phys.Rev.D, 58(6), 063506.

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Fiorentini, G., et al. “Quantifying Uncertainties in Primordial Nucleosynthesis without Monte Carlo Simulations.” Phys.Rev.D, vol. 58, no. 6, 1998, p. 063506.

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Fiorentini, G, E Lisi, S Sarkar, and F Villante. 1998. “Quantifying Uncertainties in Primordial Nucleosynthesis without Monte Carlo Simulations.” Phys.Rev.D 58 (6): 063506.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1103/PhysRevD.58.063506

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+ Fiorentini, G More by this author

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+ Lisi, E More by this author

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+ Sarkar, S More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Physics
Sub department:: Theoretical Physics
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+ Villante, F More by this author

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Journal:: Phys.Rev.D More from this journal
Volume:: 58
Issue:: 6
Pages:: 063506
Publication date:: 1998-03-16
DOI:: 10.1103/PhysRevD.58.063506
EISSN:: 1089-4918
ISSN:: 0556-2821

Language:: English
Keywords:: nucl-th

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Source identifiers:: 180113
Deposit date:: 2012-12-19

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Copyright date:: 1998
Notes:: 22 pages (RevTeX) incl. 8 figures (epsf); Changes: Figs. 5 and 6
combined + typo in Footnote 1 corrected + several stylistic changes; to
appear in Phys. Rev. D

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