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@article{Trotta:2004:10.1103/PhysRevD.69.023509,
author = {Trotta, R and Hansen, SH},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.69.023509},
journal = {Physical Review D},
title = {Constraining the helium abundance with CMB data},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.69.023509},
volume = {69},
year = {2004}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We consider for the first time the ability of present-day cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies data to determine the primordial helium mass fraction Yp. We find that CMB data alone give the confidence interval 0.160<Yp<0.501 (at 68% C.L.). We analyze the impact on the baryon abundance as measured by CMB and discuss the implications for big bang nucleosynthesis. We identify and discuss correlations between the helium mass fraction and both the redshift of reionization and the spectral index. We forecast the precision of future CMB observations, and find that Planck alone will measure Yp with error bars of 5%. We point out that the uncertainty in the determination of the helium fraction will have to be taken into account in order to correctly estimate the baryon density from Planck-quality CMB data.
AU  - Trotta,R
AU  - Hansen,SH
DO  - 10.1103/PhysRevD.69.023509
PY  - 2004///
SN  - 1550-7998
TI  - Constraining the helium abundance with CMB data
T2  - Physical Review D
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.69.023509
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/28643
VL  - 69
ER  -

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