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Bridging the primordial A=8 divide with Catalyzed Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
Maxim Pospelov
Catalysis of nuclear reactions by metastable charged particles X^- opens the possibility for primordial production of elements with A>7. We calculate the abundance of ^9Be, where s…
Secluded WIMP Dark Matter
Maxim Pospelov, Adam Ritz, Mikhail B. Voloshin
We consider a generic mechanism via which thermal relic WIMP dark matter may be decoupled from the Standard Model, namely through a combination of WIMP annihilation to metastable m…
Classification of Dimension 5 Lorentz Violating Interactions in the Standard Model
Pavel A. Bolokhov, Maxim Pospelov
We give a complete classification of mass dimension five Lorentz-non-invariant interactions composed from the Standard Model fields, using the effective field theory approach. We i…
Primordial Lithium Abundance in Catalyzed Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
Chris Bird, Kristen Koopmans, Maxim Pospelov
There exists a well known problem with the Li7+Be7 abundance predicted by standard big bang nucleosynthesis being larger than the value observed in population II stars. The catalys…