PArthENoPE: Public algorithm evaluating the nucleosynthesis of primordial elements Original Research Article

We describe a program for computing the abundances of light elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis which is publicly available at . Starting from nuclear statistical equilibrium conditions the program solves the set of coupled ordinary differential equations, follows the departure from chemical equilibrium of nuclear species, and determines their asymptotic abundances as function of several input cosmological parameters as the baryon density, the number of effective neutrino, the value of cosmological constant and the neutrino chemical potential. The program requires commercial NAG library routines.