Constraining the variation of the coupling constants with big bang nucleosynthesis

Abstract

We consider the possibility of the coupling constants of the $SU(3)\times SU(2)\times U(1)$ gauge interactions at the time of big bang nucleosynthesis having taken different values from what we measure at present, and investigate the allowed difference requiring the shift in the coupling constants not violate the successful calculation of the primordial abundances of the light elements. We vary gauge couplings and Yukawa couplings (fermion masses) using a model in which their relative variations are governed by a single scalar field, dilaton, as found in string theory. The results include a limit on the fine structure constant $-6.0\times 10^{-4}<\Delta {\alpha }_{EM}/{\alpha }_{EM}<1.5\times 10^{-4}$, which is two orders stricter than the limit obtained by considering the variation of ${\alpha }_{EM}$ alone.

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