Observable detail · COS
Lithium-7 primordial abundance
| Prediction / mechanism | Li-7 abundance inherits SM-BBN value; the long-standing factor-3 SM-vs-observation discrepancy is not addressed by DCT. |
|---|---|
| Measured | PDG 2024 Li-7 \(2.5 \times 10^{-10}\) (BBN prediction) vs \(\sim 1.5 \times 10^{-10}\) (observed). |
| Residual / status | NEUTRAL: not a DCT-specific test |
| Status | SOFT |
| Source paper | DCT-COS-01 |
Mechanism
DCT predicts no shift at BBN; the Li-7 puzzle is therefore inherited unchanged. Status NEUTRAL because the puzzle is not a DCT-specific test.
Derivation
The derivation chain follows the cluster paper DCT-COS-01 and reduces to the canonical DCT constants (\(P_0 = 0.851\), \(\omega_0 = 50{,}037\), \(c_{BD} = 138{,}189\), master identity \(2\omega_0 + 3 = c_{BD} \cdot P_0^2 = 100{,}077\)). See the cluster paper for the full multi-line derivation.
Methodology
| Domain | Cosmology (COS) |
|---|---|
| Input data source | See "References" below for the canonical public-archive citation. |
| Measurement procedure | The measured value used here is the most recent peer-reviewed central value plus 1σ uncertainty from the cited reference. |
| Acceptance threshold | HIT: residual within 1σ of measurement. SOFT: directional agreement within bracketing range. OPEN: untested or unresolved. |
| Falsification threshold | MISS: prediction excluded at ≥3σ by the canonical measurement under the corpus-canonical (constant-\(P_0\)) treatment. |
| Current status | See verdict pill above. |
Python verification
Verification script: audit_fails.py. Run with python3 audit_fails.py to reproduce the canonical DCT result against the public-archive measurement source listed below.
Cross-references
Related observables: bbn-abundances · helium4-abundance · deuterium-abundance.
Aggregate views: /predictions/ · /scorecard/ · /empirical/ · /outstanding-problems/.
Audit notes
This sub-page is part of the post-build-out of the observable archive (see the observable index). Verdict reflects the corpus-canonical (constant-\(P_0\)) treatment. The cluster-paper deep-link above (DCT-COS-01) is the canonical source of the derivation chain.
References
- PDG 2024 — Lithium-7
- Source paper: DCT-COS-01
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