Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies and Dark Energy
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Over the last decade, cosmological observations have attained a level of precision which allows for very detailed comparison with theoretical predictions. We are beginning to learn the answers to some fundamental questions, using information contained in Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy (CMBA) data. In this talk, we briefly review some studies of the current and prospected constraints imposed by CMBA measurements on the neutrino physics and on the dark energy. As it was already announced by Scott [1], we present some possible new physics from the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).
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