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تسجيل مستخدم جديدResolving conclusions about the early Universe requires accurate nuclear measurements
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Nuclear physics experiments give reaction rates that, via modelling and comparison with primordial abundances, constrain cosmological parameters. The error bars of a key reaction, dpg, were tightened in 2020, bringing to light discrepancies between different analyses and calling for more accurate measurements of other reactions.
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