Effects of Unstable Particles on Light-Element Abundances: Lithium versus Deuterium and He3

Abstract

We reconsider the effects of unstable particles on the production and destruction of the primordial light elements, with a view to reconciling the high primordial Li7 abundance deduced from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), as implied by the baryon-to-photon ratio now inferred from the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), with the lower abundance of Li7 observed in halo stars. The potential destruction of Li7 is strongly constrained by observations of Deuterium (D), He3 and Li6. We identify ranges for the unstable particle abundance and lifetime which would deplete Li7 while remaining consistent with the abundance of Li6. However, in these regions either the D abundance is unacceptably low or the ratio He3/D is unacceptably large. We conclude that late particle decay is unable to explain both the discrepancy of the calculated Li7 abundance and the observed Li7 plateau. In the context of supersymmetric theories with neutralino or gravitino dark matter, we display the corresponding light-element constraints on the model parameters.

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