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Author Stadler, J.; Boehm, C.; Mena, O.
Title (up) Is it mixed dark matter or neutrino masses? Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 01 Issue 1 Pages 039 - 18pp
Keywords cluster counts; cosmological parameters from CMBR; cosmological parameters from LSS; neutrino masses from cosmology
Abstract In this paper, we explore a scenario where the dark matter is a mixture of interacting and non interacting species. Assuming dark matter-photon interactions for the interacting species, we find that the suppression of the matter power spectrum in this scenario can mimic that expected in the case of massive neutrinos. Our numerical studies include present limits from Planck Cosmic Microwave Background data, which render the strength of the dark matter photon interaction unconstrained when the fraction of interacting dark matter is small. Despite the large entangling between mixed dark matter and neutrino masses, we show that future measurements from the Dark Energy Instrument (DESI) could help in establishing the dark matter and the neutrino properties simultaneously, provided that the interaction rate is very close to its current limits and the fraction of interacting dark matter is at least of O (10%). However, for that region of parameter space where a small fraction of interacting DM coincides with a comparatively large interaction rate, our analysis highlights a considerable degeneracy between the mixed dark matter parameters and the neutrino mass scale.
Address [Stadler, Julia; Boehm, Celine] Univ Durham, Inst Particle Phys Phenomenol, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LE, England, Email: jstadler@mpe.mpg.de;
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Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000528025800040 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4383
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Author Giare, W.; Renzi, F.; Mena, O.; Di Valentino, E.; Melchiorri, A.
Title (up) Is the Harrison-Zel'dovich spectrum coming back? ACT preference for n(s) similar to 1 and its discordance with Planck Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Abbreviated Journal Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc.
Volume 521 Issue 2 Pages 2911-2918
Keywords cosmological parameters; inflation; cosmology: observations; cosmology: theory
Abstract The Data Release 4 of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) shows an agreement with an Harrison-Zel'dovich primordial spectrum (n(s) = 1.009 +/- 0.015), introducing a tension with a significance of 99.3 per cent Confidence Level (CL) with the results from the Planck satellite. The discrepancy on the value of the scalar spectral index is neither alleviated with the addition of large scale structure information nor with the low multipole polarization data. We discuss possible avenues to alleviate the tension relying on either neglecting polarization measurements from ACT or in extending different sectors of the theory.
Address [Giare, William] Ctr Nazl INFN Studi Avanzati, Galileo Galileo Inst Theoret Phys, Largo Enr Fermi 2, I-50125 Florence, Italy, Email: william.giare@gmail.com
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Publisher Oxford Univ Press Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0035-8711 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000957248500013 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5510
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Author Gariazzo, S.; Di Valentino, E.; Mena, O.; Nunes, R.C.
Title (up) Late-time interacting cosmologies and the Hubble constant tension Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 106 Issue 2 Pages 023530 - 12pp
Keywords ?CDM scenario; cosmic microwave background (CMB)
Abstract In this manuscript we reassess the potential of interacting dark matter-dark energy models in solving the Hubble constant tension. These models have been proposed but also questioned as possible solutions to the H0 problem. Here we examine several interacting scenarios against cosmological observations, focusing on the important role played by the calibration of supernovae data. In order to reassess the ability of interacting dark matter-dark energy scenarios in easing the Hubble constant tension, we systematically confront their theoretical predictions using a prior on the supernovae Ia absolute magnitude MB, which has been argued to be more robust and certainly less controversial than using a prior on the Hubble constant H0. While some data combinations do not show any preference for interacting dark sectors and in some of these scenarios the clustering sigma 8 tension worsens, interacting cosmologies with a dark energy equation of state w < -1 are preferred over the canonical lambda CDM picture even with cosmic microwave background data alone and also provide values of sigma 8 in perfect agreement with those from weak lensing surveys. Future cosmological surveys will test these exotic dark energy cosmologies by accurately measuring the dark energy equation of state and its putative redshift evolution.
Address [Gariazzo, Stefano] Ist Nazl Fis Nucleare INFN, Sez Torino, Via P Giuria 1, I-10125 Turin, Italy, Email: gariazzo@to.infn.it;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000843205100006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5346
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Author Giare, W.; Mena, O.; Di Valentino, E.
Title (up) Lensing impact on cosmic relics and tensions Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 108 Issue 10 Pages 103539 - 9pp
Keywords
Abstract Cosmological bounds on neutrinos and additional hypothetical light thermal relics, such as QCD axions, are currently among the most restrictive ones. These limits mainly rely on cosmic microwave background temperature anisotropies. Nonetheless, one of the largest cosmological signatures of thermal relics is that on gravitational lensing, due to their free-streaming behavior before their nonrelativistic period. We investigate late-time only hot-relic mass constraints, primarily based on recently released lensing data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, both alone and in combination with lensing data from the Planck satellite. Additionally, we consider other local probes, such as baryon acoustic oscillations measurements, shear-shear, galaxy-galaxy, and galaxy-shear correlation functions from the dark energy survey, and distance moduli measurements from Type-Ia Supernovae. The tightest bounds we find are Sigma m(v) < 0.43 eV and m(a) < 1.1 eV, both at 95% CL Interestingly, these limits are still much stronger than those found on e.g., laboratory neutrino mass searches, reassessing the robustness of the extraction of thermal relic properties via cosmological observations. In addition, when considering lensing-only data, the significance of the Hubble constant tension is considerably reduced, while the clustering parameter sigma 8 controversy is completely absent.
Address [Giare, William] Univ Sheffield, Sch Math & Stat, Consortium Fundamental Phys, Hounsfield Rd, Sheffield S3 7RH, England, Email: w.giare@sheffield.ac.uk;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001121804800014 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5862
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Author Adey, D. et al; Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Donini, A.; Ghosh, T.; Gomez-Cadenas, J.J.; Hernandez, P.; Izmaylov, A.; Laing, A.; Mena, O.; Sorel, M.; Stamoulis, P.
Title (up) Light sterile neutrino sensitivity at the nuSTORM facility Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 89 Issue 7 Pages 071301 - 7pp
Keywords
Abstract A facility that can deliver beams of electron and muon neutrinos from the decay of a stored muon beam has the potential to unambiguously resolve the issue of the evidence for light sterile neutrinos that arises in short-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments and from estimates of the effective number of neutrino flavors from fits to cosmological data. In this paper, we show that the nuSTORM facility, with stored muons of 3.8 GeV/c +/- 10%, will be able to carry out a conclusive muon neutrino appearance search for sterile neutrinos and test the LSND and MiniBooNE experimental signals with 10 sigma sensitivity, even assuming conservative estimates for the systematic uncertainties. This experiment would add greatly to our knowledge of the contribution of light sterile neutrinos to the number of effective neutrino flavors from the abundance of primordial helium production and from constraints on neutrino energy density from the cosmic microwave background. The appearance search is complemented by a simultaneous muon neutrino disappearance analysis that will facilitate tests of various sterile neutrino models.
Address [Adey, D.; Brice, S. J.; Bross, A. D.; Cease, H.; Geelhoed, M.; Kobilarcik, T.; Liu, A.; Mokhov, N.; Morfin, J.; Neuffer, D.; Palmer, M. A.; Parke, S.; Plunkett, R.; Popovic, M.; Rubinov, P.; Sen, T.; Snopok, P.; Striganov, S.] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA, Email: Ryan.Bayes@glasgow.ac.uk
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000334317200002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1753
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