The first chemical elements


Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: Cooking up the first light elements

How the first nuclei of helium, lithium and other light elements were cooked up shortly after the big bang

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Equilibrium and Change: The physics behind Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

The physics behind Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, the period shortly after the big bang that saw the first production of light elements such as helium and lithium

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Elements of the past: Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and observation

How to reconstruct the abundances of light elements shortly after the big bang, and thus test some important predictions of the big bang models against observation

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