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Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and Recombination

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Cosmology and String Theory

Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics ((FTPH,volume 197))

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In this chapter we will describe Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), the combination of fundamental protons and neutrons into nuclei, as well as calculate more precisely the temperature of recombination.

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Năstase, H. (2019). Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and Recombination. In: Cosmology and String Theory. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 197. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15077-8_6

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