Neutrinos and Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Abstract

The role of neutrinos in big bang nucleosynthesis is discussed. The bounds on the number of neutrino families, neutrino degeneracy, parameters of neutrino oscillations are presented. A model of chemically inhomogeneous, while energetically smooth, universe created by inhomogeneous cosmological neutrino asymmetry is described. Nucleosynthesis limits on production of right-handed neutrinos are considered.

Comments: 8 pages; Invited talk at the Workshop "Fermi and Astrophysics", Pescara, Italy, October 3-6, 2001