arXiv:1605.00578·v1·Nuclear Theory
Neutrinos in Astrophysics and Cosmology
A.B. Balantekin (Wisconsin U., Madison)🇺🇸
Abstract
Neutrinos play a crucial role in many aspects of astrophysics and cosmology. Since they control the electron fraction, or equivalently neutron-to-proton ratio, neutrino properties impact yields of r-process nucleosynthesis. Similarly the weak decoupling temperature in the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis epoch is exponentially dependent on the neutron-to-proton ratio. In these conference proceedings, I briefly summarize some of the recent work exploring the role of neutrinos in astrophysics and cosmology.
Comments: 6 pages, Proceedings of IX International Conference on Interconnections between Particle Physics and Cosmology (PPC2015)