Primordial helium and the cosmic background radiation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Steigman, Gary ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big bang nucleosynthesis; Cosmological neutrinos; Cosmological parameters from CMBR

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951800775     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/04/029     Document Type: Review

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