Improved constraints on the variation of the weak scale from Big Bang nucleosynthesis

Autor: Helen Meyer, Ulf-G. Meißner
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol 2024, Iss 6, Pp 1-20 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1029-8479
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2024)074
Popis: Abstract We present an improved calculation of the light element abundances in the framework of Big Bang nucleosynthesis as a function of the Higgs vacuum expectation value v. We compare the methods of our calculation to previous literature including the recently published work of Burns et al. [1]. The PDG result for the 4He abundance can be explained within 2σ by −0.014 ≤ δv/v ≤ 0.026, for deuterium we find the constraint −0.005 ≤ δv/v ≤ −0.001. These bounds are more stringent than what was found earlier.
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