Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Nucleosynthesis AKA nuclear fusion

formation/creation of subatomic particles and nuclei of light atoms

Soup of Matter

what type of matter was formed with subatomic particles and nuclei light atoms via nucleosynthesis?

protons and neutrons

Nucleosynthesis/Nuclear Fusion happened between?

Recombination

process of electrons interacting with nuclei to form primordial atoms

Primordial atoms

Electrons + (recombination) + nuclei = ???

Nucleosynthesis

creation of nuclei AKA light elements

Nucleus

the center and controls all of one matter

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN)

process of producing the light elements during the Big Bang Expansion

Primordial Nucleosynthesis

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis AKA

2 hydrogen isotopes, 2 helium isotopes, some lithium atoms, and beryllium isotopes

BBN yields:

cosmic abundances of hydrogen and helium

Major proof of the BBT: correlation between the predicted and observed _________________

Isotope

an unstable element because of neutrons

Stable Element

has equal number of PROTON AND ELECTRON

unstable isotopes of: Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Berillium

4 main ingredients of primordial soup

Chondrites

scientists measured parts of meteorites AKA ______ that commonly fall to earth

Chondrites

combination of elements

insufficient energy levels

BBN: Drop in temperature resulted in ________ for fusion reactions to push through

²H

Isotope of Hydrogen symbol:

Deuterium

Isotope of Hydrogen AKA

D

Deuterium symbol:

y

Photon symbol:

p

Proton symbol:

n

neutron symbol:

T or ³H

Tritium symbol