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Jimenez, R.; Kitching, T.; Pena-Garay, C.; Verde, L. |
Title |
Can we measure the neutrino mass hierarchy in the sky? |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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05 |
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5 |
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035 - 14pp |
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cosmological neutrinos; neutrino masses from cosmology; power spectrum; gravitational lensing |
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Cosmological probes are steadily reducing the total neutrino mass window, resulting in constraints on the neutrino-mass degeneracy as the most significant outcome. In this work we explore the discovery potential of cosmological probes to constrain the neutrino hierarchy, and point out some subtleties that could yield spurious claims of detection. This has an important implication for next generation of double beta decay experiments, that will be able to achieve a positive signal in the case of degenerate or inverted hierarchy of Majorana neutrinos. We find that cosmological experiments that nearly cover the whole sky could in principle distinguish the neutrino hierarchy by yielding 'substantial' evidence for one scenario over the another, via precise measurements of the shape of the matter power spectrum from large scale structure and weak gravitational lensing. |
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[Jimenez, Raul; Verde, Licia] Univ Barcelona, ICREA, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain, Email: raul.jimenez@icc.ub.edu |
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1475-7516 |
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ISI:000279490800005 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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418 |
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Figueroa, D.G.; Raatikainen, S.; Rasanen, S.; Tomberg, E. |
Title |
Implications of stochastic effects for primordial black hole production in ultra-slow-roll inflation |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2022 |
Publication |
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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05 |
Issue |
5 |
Pages |
027 - 48pp |
Keywords |
inflation; primordial black holes; dark matter theory; massive black holes |
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We study the impact of stochastic noise on the generation of primordial black hole (PBH) seeds in ultra-slow-roll (USR) inflation with numerical simulations. We consider the non-linearity of the system by consistently taking into account the noise dependence on the inflaton perturbations, while evolving the perturbations on the coarse-grained background affected by the noise. We capture in this way the non-Markovian nature of the dynamics, and demonstrate that non-Markovian effects are subleading. Using the Delta N formalism, we find the probability distribution P(R) of the comoving curvature perturbation R. We consider inflationary potentials that fit the CMB and lead to PBH dark matter with i) asteroid, ii) solar, or iii) Planck mass, as well as iv) PBHs that form the seeds of supermassive black holes. We find that stochastic effects enhance the PBH abundance by a factor of O(10)-O(10(8)), depending on the PBH mass. We also show that the usual approximation, where stochastic kicks depend only on the Hubble rate, either underestimates or overestimates the abundance by orders of magnitude, depending on the potential. We evaluate the gauge dependence of the results, discuss the quantum-to-classical transition, and highlight open issues of the application of the stochastic formalism to USR inflation. |
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[Figueroa, Daniel G.] CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, E-46980 Valencia, Spain, Email: daniel.figueoa@ific.uv.es; |
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IOP Publishing Ltd |
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1475-7516 |
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WOS:000804493000010 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5239 |
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Garani, R.; Palomares-Ruiz, S. |
Title |
Evaporation of dark matter from celestial bodies |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2022 |
Publication |
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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05 |
Issue |
5 |
Pages |
042 - 53pp |
Keywords |
dark matter detectors; dark matter theory; massive stars; stars |
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Scatterings of galactic dark matter (DM) particles with the constituents of celestial bodies could result in their accumulation within these objects. Nevertheless, the finite temperature of the medium sets a minimum mass, the evaporation mass, that DM particles must have in order to remain trapped. DM particles below this mass are very likely to scatter to speeds higher than the escape velocity, so they would be kicked out of the capturing object and escape. Here, we compute the DM evaporation mass for all spherical celestial bodies in hydrostatic equilibrium, spanning the mass range [10(-)(10) – 10(2)] M-circle dot, for constant scattering cross sections and s-wave annihilations. We illustrate the critical importance of the exponential tail of the evaporation rate, which has not always been appreciated in recent literature, and obtain a robust result: for the geometric value of the scattering cross section and for interactions with nucleons, at the local galactic position, the DM evaporation mass for all spherical celestial bodies in hydrostatic equilibrium is approximately given by E-c/T-chi similar to 30, where E-c is the escape energy of DM particles at the core of the object and T-chi is their temperature. In that case, the minimum value of the DM evaporation mass is obtained for super-Jupiters and brown dwarfs, m(ev)(ap) similar or equal to 0.7 GeV. For other values of the scattering cross section, the DM evaporation mass only varies by a factor smaller than three within the range 10(-41) cm(2) <= sigma(p) <= 10(-31) cm(2), where sigma(p) is the spin-independent DM-nucleon scattering cross section. Its dependence on parameters such as the galactic DM density and velocity, or the scattering and annihilation cross sections is only logarithmic, and details on the density and temperature profiles of celestial bodies have also a small impact. |
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[Garani, Raghuveer] INFN Sez Firenze, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, Email: garani@fi.infn.it; |
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IOP Publishing Ltd |
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1475-7516 |
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WOS:000804029400004 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5243 |
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Author |
Tortola, M. |
Title |
Status of three-neutrino oscillation parameters |
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Journal Article |
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2013 |
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Fortschritte der Physik-Progress of Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Fortschritte Phys.-Prog. Phys. |
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61 |
Issue |
4-5 |
Pages |
427-440 |
Keywords |
Neutrino mass and mixing; neutrino oscillations; solar and atmospheric neutrinos; reactor and accelerator neutrinos |
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Here we review the current status of global fits to neutrino oscillation data within the three-flavour framework. In our analysis we include the most recent data from solar and atmospheric neutrino experiments as well as the latest results from the long-baseline accelerator neutrino experiments and the recent measurements of reactor neutrino disappearance reported by Double Chooz, Daya Bay and RENO. We present updated determinations for the two neutrino mass splittings and the three mixing angles responsible for neutrino oscillations that, for the first time, have all been measured with 1 sigma accuracies ranging from 3 to 15%. A weak sensitivity for the CP violating phase is also reported from the global analysis. |
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Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, AHEP Grp, CSIC, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: mariam@ific.uv.es |
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Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh |
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0015-8208 |
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WOS:000317019900005 |
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no |
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yes |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1411 |
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Morisi, S.; Valle, J.W.F. |
Title |
Neutrino masses and mixing: a flavour symmetry roadmap |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Fortschritte der Physik-Progress of Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Fortschritte Phys.-Prog. Phys. |
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61 |
Issue |
4-5 |
Pages |
466-492 |
Keywords |
Neutrino masses; neutrino mixing; flavour symmetry |
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Over the last ten years tri-bimaximal mixing has played an important role in modeling the flavour problem. We give a short review of the status of flavour symmetry models of neutrino mixing. We concentrate on non-Abelian discrete symmetries, which provide a simple way to account for the TBM pattern. We discuss phenomenological implications such as neutrinoless double beta decay, lepton flavour violation as well as theoretical aspects such as the possibility to explain quarks and leptons within a common framework, such as grand unified models. |
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Univ Valencia, AHEP Grp, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: morisi@ific.uv.es |
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Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh |
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0015-8208 |
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WOS:000317019900007 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1412 |
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CDF Collaboration (Aaltonen, T. et al); Cabrera, S. |
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Search for new color-octet vector particle decaying to t(t)over-bar in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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691 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
183-190 |
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Massive gluon; Top quark |
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We present the result of a search for a massive color-octet vector particle, (e.g. a massive gluon) decaying to a pair of top quarks in proton-antiproton collisions with a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. This search is based on 1.9 fb(-1) of data collected using the CDF detector during Run II of the Tevatron at Fermilab. We study t (t) over bar events in the lepton + jets channel with at least one b-tagged jet. A massive gluon is characterized by its mass, decay width, and the strength of its coupling to quarks. These parameters are determined according to the observed invariant mass distribution of top quark pairs. We set limits on the massive gluon coupling strength for masses between 400 and 800 GeV/c(2) and width-to-mass ratios between 0.05 and 0.50. The coupling strength of the hypothetical massive gluon to quarks is consistent with zero within the explored parameter space. |
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[Nara, K.; Kim, S. H.; Kurata, M.; Miyake, H.; Nagai, Y.; Naganoma, J.; Nakamura, K.; Sato, K.; Shimojima, M.; Takeuchi, Y.; Tomura, T.; Ukegawa, F.] Univ Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan, Email: junji@fnal.gov |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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ISI:000280328200002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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278 |
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Meloni, D.; Morisi, S.; Peinado, E. |
Title |
Neutrino phenomenology and stable dark matter with A(4) |
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Journal Article |
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2011 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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697 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
339-342 |
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Flavor symmetries; Dark matter; Neutrino masses; Lepton mixing; Discrete symmetries; Neutrino less double beta decay |
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We present a model based on the A(4) non-Abelian discrete symmetry leading to a predictive five-parameter neutrino mass matrix and providing a stable dark matter candidate. We found an interesting correlation among the atmospheric and the reactor angles which predicts theta(23) similar to pi/4for very small reactor angle and deviation from maximal atmospheric mixing for large theta(13). Only normal neutrino mass spectrum is possible and the effective mass entering the neutrinoless double beta decay rate is constrained to be vertical bar m(ee)vertical bar > 4 x 10(-4) eV. |
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[Morisi, S.; Peinado, E.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, AHEP Grp, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: davide.meloni@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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ISI:000288300400012 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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544 |
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Morisi, S.; Peinado, E. |
Title |
Admixture of quasi-Dirac and Majorana neutrinos with tri-bimaximal mixing |
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Journal Article |
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2011 |
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Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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701 |
Issue |
4 |
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451-457 |
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Neutrinoless double beta decay; Neutrino masses and mixings; Flavor symmetries; Tri-bimaximal mixing; Neutrino hierarchy; Discrete symmetries |
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We propose a realization of the so-called bimodal/schizophrenic model proposed recently. We assume 54, the permutation group of four objects as flavor symmetry giving tri-bimaximal lepton mixing at leading order. In these models the second massive neutrino state is assumed quasi-Dirac and the remaining neutrinos are Majorana states. In the case of inverse mass hierarchy, the lower bound on the neutrinoless double beta decay parameter m(ee) is about two times that of the usual lower bound, within the range of sensitivity of the next generation of experiments. |
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[Morisi, S; Peinado, E] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, AHEP Grp, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: morisi@ific.uv.es |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000292994100011 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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700 |
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Alioli, S.; Fuster, J.; Irles Quiles, A.; Moch, S.; Uwer, P.; Vos, M. |
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A new observable to measure the top quark mass at hadron colliders |
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Journal Article |
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2012 |
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Pramana-Journal of Physics |
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Pramana-J. Phys. |
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79 |
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4 |
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809-812 |
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Top quark; mass; pole mass; NLO; cross-section; t(t)over-bar plus jet; POWHEG; perturbative QCD |
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The t (t) over bar + jet + X differential cross-section in proton-proton collisions at 7 TeV centre of mass energy is investigated with respect to its sensitivity to the top quark mass. The analysis includes higher order QCD corrections at NLO. The impact of the renormalization scale (mu(R)), the factorization (mu(F)) scale and of the choice of different proton's PDF (parton distribution function) has been evaluated. In this study it is concluded that differential jet rates offer a promising option for alternative mass measurements of the top quark, with theoretical uncertainties below 1 GeV. |
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[Fuster, Juan; Irles, Adrian; Vos, Marcel] Univ Valencia, Ctr Mixte, CSIC, IFIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: airqui@ific.uv.es |
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Indian Acad Sciences |
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WOS:000310875900021 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1200 |
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Oldengott, I.M.; Barenboim, G.; Kahlen, S.; Salvado, J.; Schwarz, D.J. |
Title |
How to relax the cosmological neutrino mass bound |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2019 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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04 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
049 - 18pp |
Keywords |
neutrino masses from cosmology; cosmological neutrinos; cosmological parameters from CMBR; cosmological parameters from LSS |
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We study the impact of non-standard momentum distributions of cosmic neutrinos on the anisotropy spectrum of the cosmic microwave background and the matter power spectrum of the large scale structure. We show that the neutrino distribution has almost no unique observable imprint, as it is almost entirely degenerate with the effective number of neutrino flavours, N-eff, and the neutrino mass, m(nu). Performing a Markov chain Monte Carlo analysis with current cosmological data, we demonstrate that the neutrino mass bound heavily depends on the assumed momentum distribution of relic neutrinos. The message of this work is simple and has to our knowledge not been pointed out clearly before: cosmology allows that neutrinos have larger masses if their average momentum is larger than that of a perfectly thermal distribution. Here we provide an example in which the mass limits are relaxed by a factor of two. |
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[Oldengott, Isabel M.; Barenboim, Gabriela] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: isabel.oldengott@uv.es; |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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WOS:000466578400003 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4001 |
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