Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Abstract

The current status of big bang nucleosynthesis and its implications for physics beyond the standard model is reviewed. In particular, limits on the effective number of neutrino flavors and extra Z gauge boson masses are updated.

Comments: summary of talk given at Beyond the Standard Model IV Lake Tahoe, CA, Dec. 13-18, 1994, Latex 8 pages with uuencoded ps figures attached