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Population III stars are now believed to contribute to the observed near infrared background (NIRB) and heavy element pollution of the intergalactic medium.Here we show that a Pop III contribution to the primordial 4He abundance consistent with NIRB constraints, might mask a lower value for the Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) 4He abundance.
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Salvaterra et al. (2003) studied this question.
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