inflation theory and abundance of light elements
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no,location=no, scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>The relative abundances of the light chemical elements helium,lithium\netc.\nare highly sensitive to the initial rate of expansion of the universe.\nIf the universe had expanded any faster than is currently thought,\nthere would be less helium.However,would this be true if the universe\nhad started out with more mass at the time of the Big Bang\ni.e. is a universe which expanded more quickly with more mass, but\nyielding the same relative abundances of light elements, feasible\naccording to inflation theory.I suspect this is reasonable because I\nhave heard that there is no limit to how quickly space-time can\nexpand.Am I right about this?\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>The relative abundances of the light chemical elements helium,lithium
etc.
are highly sensitive to the initial rate of expansion of the universe.
If the universe had expanded any faster than is currently thought,
there would be less helium.However,would this be true if the universe
had started out with more mass at the time of the Big Bang
i.e. is a universe which expanded more quickly with more mass, but
yielding the same relative abundances of light elements, feasible
according to inflation theory.I suspect this is reasonable because I
have heard that there is no limit to how quickly space-time can
expand.Am I right about this?
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