The Physics of PArthENoPE


The Physics of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis implemented in PArthENoPE is described in the following papers:

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


PArthENoPE or earlier versions of it has been used as a numerical tool in:

Present bounds on the relativistic energy density in the Universe from cosmological observables
G. Mangano, A. Melchiorri, O. Mena, G. Miele, A. Slosar.
Published in JCAP 0703:006,2007. e-Print: astro-ph/0612150

Relaxing nucleosynthesis constraints on Brans-Dicke theories
A. De Felice, G. Mangano, P.D. Serpico, M. Trodden.
Published in Phys. Rev. D74:103005,2006. e-Print: astro-ph/0510359

Do observations prove that cosmological neutrinos are thermally distributed?
A. Cuoco, J. Lesgourgues, G. Mangano, S. Pastor.
Published in Phys. Rev. D71:123501,2005. e-Print: astro-ph/0502465

Constraining neutrino physics with BBN and CMBR
S.H. Hansen, G. Mangano, A. Melchiorri, G. Miele, O. Pisanti.
Published in Phys. Rev. D65:023511,2002. e-Print: astro-ph/0105385

Early universe constraints on a time varying fine structure constant
P.P. Avelino, S. Esposito, G. Mangano, C.J.A.P. Martins, A. Melchiorri, G. Miele, O. Pisanti, G. Rocha, P.T.P. Viana.
Published in Phys. Rev. D64:103505,2001. e-Print: astro-ph/0102144

Testing standard and degenerate big bang nucleosynthesis with BOOMERanG and MAXIMA-1
S. Esposito, G. Mangano, A. Melchiorri, G. Miele, O. Pisanti.
Published in Phys. Rev. D63:043004,2001. e-Print: astro-ph/0007419

The standard and degenerate primordial nucleosynthesis versus recent experimental data
S. Esposito, G. Mangano, G. Miele, O. Pisanti.
Published in JHEP 0009:038,2000. e-Print: astro-ph/0005571

Big bang nucleosynthesis: an accurate determination of light element yields
S. Esposito, G. Mangano, G. Miele, O. Pisanti.
Published in Nucl. Phys. B568:421,2000. e-Print: astro-ph/9906232


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