Deuterium Abundance
Deuterium Abundance
Transcript: The problem with using helium 3, helium 4, or lithium 7 for testing cosmic nucleosynthesis in the big bang m... Read more
28 Jul 2011
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Helium Abundance
Helium Abundance
Transcript: The best traditional test of cosmic nucleosynthesis and the predictions of the big bang model is the helium ... Read more
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