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| author | Angel, Lucia Arcadi, Giorgio Paixão, Matheus M. A. Queiroz, Farinaldo S. |
| author_facet | Angel, Lucia Arcadi, Giorgio Paixão, Matheus M. A. Queiroz, Farinaldo S. |
| contents | Late-decaying particles naturally arise in many extensions of the Standard Model, directly impacting key cosmological processes in the early universe, such as Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). BBN studies often consider electromagnetic energy injection episodes only, but in practice long-lived particles are also amenable to hadronic decays. The latter can greatly alter the predicted abundances of light elements such as $\mathrm{D}/\mathrm{H}$, $Y_p$, ${}^3\mathrm{He}/\mathrm{D}$, and ${}^7\mathrm{Li}/\mathrm{H}$. Incorporating up-to-date measurements, we place constraints on the primordial abundance of long-lived particles as a function of their lifetime. Lastly, we apply our results to the gravitino problem and set bounds on the reheating temperature, which controls the gravitino primordial abundance. |
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| spellingShingle | Updated BBN Bounds on Hadronic Injection in the Early Universe: The Gravitino Problem Angel, Lucia Arcadi, Giorgio Paixão, Matheus M. A. Queiroz, Farinaldo S. High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Late-decaying particles naturally arise in many extensions of the Standard Model, directly impacting key cosmological processes in the early universe, such as Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). BBN studies often consider electromagnetic energy injection episodes only, but in practice long-lived particles are also amenable to hadronic decays. The latter can greatly alter the predicted abundances of light elements such as $\mathrm{D}/\mathrm{H}$, $Y_p$, ${}^3\mathrm{He}/\mathrm{D}$, and ${}^7\mathrm{Li}/\mathrm{H}$. Incorporating up-to-date measurements, we place constraints on the primordial abundance of long-lived particles as a function of their lifetime. Lastly, we apply our results to the gravitino problem and set bounds on the reheating temperature, which controls the gravitino primordial abundance. |
| title | Updated BBN Bounds on Hadronic Injection in the Early Universe: The Gravitino Problem |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09120 |