The Physics of PArthENoPE


The Physics of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis implemented in PArthENoPE is described in the papers below. The code has been used as a numerical tool in several publications and counts a large number of citations.

Primordial Nucleosynthesis: from precision cosmology to fundamental physics
F. Iocco, G. Mangano, G. Miele, O. Pisanti, P.D. Serpico.
Published in Phys. Rept. 472:1,2009. e-Print: arXiv:0809.0631

The path to metallicity: synthesis of CNO elements in standard BBN
F. Iocco, G. Mangano, G. Miele, O. Pisanti, P.D. Serpico.
Published in Phys. Rev. D75:087304,2007. e-Print: astro-ph/0702090

Nuclear reaction network for primordial nucleosynthesis:
a detailed analysis of rates, uncertainties and light nuclei yields

P.D. Serpico, S. Esposito, F. Iocco, G. Mangano, G. Miele, O. Pisanti.
Published in JCAP 0412:010,2004. e-Print: astro-ph/0408076

Present status of primordial nucleosynthesis after WMAP:
results from a new BBN code

A. Cuoco, F. Iocco, G. Mangano, G. Miele, O. Pisanti, P.D. Serpico.
Published in Int. J. Mod. Phys. A19:4431,2004. e-Print: astro-ph/0307213

A precision calculation of the effective number of cosmological neutrinos
G. Mangano, G. Miele, S. Pastor, M. Peloso.
Published in Phys. Lett. B534:8,2002. e-Print: astro-ph/0111408

Precision rates for nucleon weak interactions in primordial nucleosynthesis
and He-4 abundance

S. Esposito, G. Mangano, G. Miele, O. Pisanti.
Published in Nucl. Phys. B540:3,1999. e-Print: astro-ph/9808196

Wave function renormalization at finite temperature
S. Esposito, G. Mangano, G. Miele, O. Pisanti.
Published in Phys. Rev. D58:105023,1998. e-Print: hep-ph/9805428


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