Constraints on the Self-gravity of Radiation Pressure via Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
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Using standard big-bang nucleosynthesis and present, high-precision measurements of light element abundances, we place constraints on the self-gravity of radiation pressure in the early universe. The self-gravity of pressure is strictly non-Newtonian, and thus the constraints we set are a direct test of this aspect of general relativity. Subject headings: general relativity; Friedmann equation; big bang nucleosynthesis
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تاریخ انتشار 2008