Big Bang Nucleosynthesis constraints on space-time noncommutativity

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Main Authors: Matei, Teodora Maria, Croitoru, Cristian, Harko, Tiberiu
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author Matei, Teodora Maria
Croitoru, Cristian
Harko, Tiberiu
author_facet Matei, Teodora Maria
Croitoru, Cristian
Harko, Tiberiu
contents We consider the implications of the modified dispersion relations, due to the noncommutativity of the spacetime, for a photon gas filling the early Universe in the framework of the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) processes, during the period of light elements formation. We consider three types of deformations present in the dispersion relations for the radiation gas, from which we obtain the low temperature corrections to the energy density and pressure. The cosmological implications of the modified equations of state in the BBN era are explored in detail for all radiation models. The effects induced on the nucleosynthesis process by spacetime noncommutativity are investigated by evaluating the abundances of relic nuclei (Hydrogen, Deuterium, Helium-3, Helium-4, and Lithium-7). The primordial mass fraction estimates and their deviations due to changes in the freezing temperature impose an upper limit on the energy density of the deformed photon gas, which follows from the modified Friedmann equations. The deviations from the standard energy density of the radiative plasma are therefore constrained by the abundances of the Helium-4 nuclei. Upper limits on the free parameters of the spacetime noncommutativity are obtained via a numerical analysis performed using the \texttt{PRyMordial} software package. The primordial abundances of the light elements are obtained by evaluating the thermonuclear reaction rates for the considered noncommutative spacetime models. An MCMC (Markov Chain Monte Carlo) analysis allows to obtain restrictions on the free parameters of the modified dispersion relations. The numerical and statistical approach is implemented in the python code \texttt{PRyNCe}, available on GitHub.
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spellingShingle Big Bang Nucleosynthesis constraints on space-time noncommutativity
Matei, Teodora Maria
Croitoru, Cristian
Harko, Tiberiu
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
We consider the implications of the modified dispersion relations, due to the noncommutativity of the spacetime, for a photon gas filling the early Universe in the framework of the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) processes, during the period of light elements formation. We consider three types of deformations present in the dispersion relations for the radiation gas, from which we obtain the low temperature corrections to the energy density and pressure. The cosmological implications of the modified equations of state in the BBN era are explored in detail for all radiation models. The effects induced on the nucleosynthesis process by spacetime noncommutativity are investigated by evaluating the abundances of relic nuclei (Hydrogen, Deuterium, Helium-3, Helium-4, and Lithium-7). The primordial mass fraction estimates and their deviations due to changes in the freezing temperature impose an upper limit on the energy density of the deformed photon gas, which follows from the modified Friedmann equations. The deviations from the standard energy density of the radiative plasma are therefore constrained by the abundances of the Helium-4 nuclei. Upper limits on the free parameters of the spacetime noncommutativity are obtained via a numerical analysis performed using the \texttt{PRyMordial} software package. The primordial abundances of the light elements are obtained by evaluating the thermonuclear reaction rates for the considered noncommutative spacetime models. An MCMC (Markov Chain Monte Carlo) analysis allows to obtain restrictions on the free parameters of the modified dispersion relations. The numerical and statistical approach is implemented in the python code \texttt{PRyNCe}, available on GitHub.
title Big Bang Nucleosynthesis constraints on space-time noncommutativity
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10685