Cosmological lithium problem
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title:
Cosmological lithium problem
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In astronomy, the lithium problem or lithium discrepancy refers to the discrepancy between the primordial abundance of lithium as inferred from observations of metal-poor halo stars in our galaxy and the amount that should theoretically exist due to Big Bang nucleosynthesis+WMAP cosmic baryon density predictions of the CMB. Namely, the most widely accepted models of the Big Bang suggest that three times as much primordial lithium, in particular lithium-7, should exist. This contrasts with the ob
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Problem in astronomy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_lithium_problem
date created:
2019-03-23T22:00:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T12:35:44Z
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