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Zhai, Y.J.; Giare, W.; van de Bruck, C.; Di Valentino, E.; Mena, O.; Nunes, R.C. |
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A consistent view of interacting dark energy from multiple CMB probes |
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2023 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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07 |
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7 |
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032 - 16pp |
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cosmological parameters from CMBR; dark energy theory |
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We analyze a cosmological model featuring an interaction between dark energy and dark matter in light of the measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background released by three independent experiments: the most recent data by the Planck satellite and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, and WMAP (9-year data). We show that different combinations of the datasets provide similar results, always favoring an interacting dark sector with a 95% C.L. significance in the majority of the cases. Remarkably, such a preference remains consistent when cross-checked through independent probes, while always yielding a value of the expansion rate H0 consistent with the local distance ladder measurements. We investigate the source of this preference by scrutinizing the angular power spectra of temperature and polarization anisotropies as measured by different experiments. |
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[Zhai, Yuejia; Giare, William; van de Bruck, Carsten; Di Valentino, Eleonora] Univ Sheffield, Sch Math & Stat, Hounsfield Rd, Sheffield S3 7RH, England, Email: yzhai13@sheffield.ac.uk; |
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WOS:001066525900001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Forconi, M.; Ruchika; Melchiorri, A.; Mena, O.; Menci, N. |
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Do the early galaxies observed by JWST disagree with Planck's CMB polarization measurements? |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2023 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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10 |
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10 |
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012 - 16pp |
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cosmological parameters from CMBR; high redshift galaxies; CMBR polarisation; reionization |
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The recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have led to a surprising discovery of a significant density of massive galaxies with masses of M >= 10(10.5)M(circle dot) at redshifts of approximately z similar to 10. This corresponds to a stellar mass density of roughly rho* similar to 10(6)M(circle dot) Mpc(-3). Despite making conservative assumptions regarding galaxy formation, this finding may not be compatible with the standard.CDM cosmology that is favored by observations of CMB Anisotropies from the Planck satellite. In this paper, we confirm the substantial discrepancy with Planck's results within the.CDM framework. Assuming a value of is an element of = 0.2 for the efficiency of converting baryons into stars, we indeed find that the.CDM model is excluded at more than 99.7% confidence level (C.L.). An even more significant exclusion is found for is an element of similar to 0.1, while a better agreement, but still in tension at more than 95%, is obtained for is an element of = 0.32. This tension, as already discussed in the literature, could arise either from systematics in the JWST measurements or from new physics. Here, as a last-ditch effort, we point out that disregarding the large angular scale polarization obtained by Planck, which allows for significantly larger values of the matter clustering parameter sigma(8), could lead to better agreement between Planck and JWST within the.CDM framework. Assuming.CDM and no systematics in the current JWST results, this implies either an unknown systematic error in current large angular scale CMB polarization measurements or an unidentified physical mechanism that could lower the expected amount of CMB polarization produced during the epoch of reionization. Interestingly, the model compatible with Planck temperature-only data and JWST observation also favors a higher Hubble constant H-0 = 69.0 +/- 1.1 km/s/Mpc at 68% C.L., in better agreement with observations based on SN-Ia luminosity distances. |
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[Forconi, Matteo; Ruchika; Melchiorri, Alessandro] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Phys Dept, Ple Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, Italy, Email: matteo.forconi@roma1.infn.it; |
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WOS:001142721200001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Forconi, M.; Giare, W.; Mena, O.; Ruchika; Di Valentino, E.; Melchiorri, A.; Nunes, R.C. |
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A double take on early and interacting dark energy from JWST |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2024 |
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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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097 - 37pp |
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high redshift galaxies; dark energy theory; physics of the early universe |
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The very first light captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) revealed a population of galaxies at very high redshifts more massive than expected in the canonical Lambda CDM model of structure formation. Barring, among others, a systematic origin of the issue, in this paper, we test alternative cosmological perturbation histories. We argue that models with a larger matter component ohm m and/or a larger scalar spectral index n s can substantially improve the fit to JWST measurements. In this regard, phenomenological extensions related to the dark energy sector of the theory are appealing alternatives, with Early Dark Energy emerging as an excellent candidate to explain (at least in part) the unexpected JWST preference for larger stellar mass densities. Conversely, Interacting Dark Energy models, despite producing higher values of matter clustering parameters such as sigma 8 , are generally disfavored by JWST measurements. This is due to the energy -momentum flow from the dark matter to the dark energy sector, implying a smaller matter energy density. Upcoming observations may either strengthen the evidence or falsify some of these appealing phenomenological alternatives to the simplest Lambda CDM picture. |
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[Forconi, Matteo; Melchiorri, Alessandro] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Phys Dept, Ple Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, Italy, Email: matteo.forconi@roma1.infn.it; |
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WOS:001259284100005 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Jiang, J.Q.; Giare, W.; Garzai, S.; Dainotti, M.G.; Di Valentino, E.; Mena, O.; Pedrotti, D.; Santos da Costa, S.; Vagnozzi, S. |
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Neutrino cosmology after DESI: tightest mass upper limits, preference for the normal ordering, and tension with terrestrial observations |
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2025 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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01 |
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1 |
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153 - 43pp |
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neutrino masses from cosmology; cosmological neutrinos; dark energy experiments; neutrino properties |
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The recent DESI Baryon Acoustic Oscillation measurements have led to tight upper limits on the neutrino mass sum, potentially in tension with oscillation constraints requiring Sigma m(nu) greater than or similar to 0.06 eV. Under the physically motivated assumption of positive Sigma m(nu), we study the extent to which these limits are tightened by adding other available cosmological probes, and robustly quantify the preference for the normal mass ordering over the inverted one, as well as the tension between cosmological and terrestrial data. Combining DESI data with Cosmic Microwave Background measurements and several late-time background probes, the tightest 2 sigma limit we find without including a local H-0 prior is Sigma m(nu) < 0.05 eV. This leads to a strong preference for the normal ordering, with Bayes factor relative to the inverted one of 46.5. Depending on the dataset combination and tension metric adopted, we quantify the tension between cosmological and terrestrial observations as ranging between 2.5 sigma and 5 sigma. These results are strenghtened when allowing for a time-varying dark energy component with equation of state lying in the physically motivated non-phantom regime, w(z) >= -1, highlighting an interesting synergy between the nature of dark energy and laboratory probes of the mass ordering. If these tensions persist and cannot be attributed to systematics, either or both standard neutrino (particle) physics or the underlying cosmological model will have to be questioned. |
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[Jiang, Jun-Qian] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Phys Sci, 19 A Yuquan Rd, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China, Email: jiangjunqian21@mails.ucas.ac.cn; |
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WOS:001416062400001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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6511 |
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Bertolez-Martinez, T.; Esteban, I.; Hajjar, R.; Mena, O.; Salvado, J. |
| Title |
Origin of cosmological neutrino mass bounds: background versus perturbations |
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Journal Article |
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2025 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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06 |
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6 |
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058 - 37pp |
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cosmological neutrinos; cosmological parameters from CMBR; neutrino masses from cosmology; neutrino properties |
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The cosmological upper bound on the total neutrino mass is the dominant limit on this fundamental parameter. Recent observations soon to be improved have strongly tightened it, approaching the lower limit set by oscillation data. Understanding its physical origin, robustness, and model-independence becomes pressing. Here, we explicitly separate for the first time the two distinct cosmological neutrino-mass effects: the impact on background evolution, related to the energy in neutrino masses; and the “kinematic” impact on perturbations, related to neutrino free-streaming. We scrutinize how they affect CMB anisotropies, introducing two effective masses enclosing background ( mBackg. nu ) and perturbations ( mPert. nu) effects. We analyze CMB data, finding that the neutrino-mass bound is mostly a background measurement, i.e., how the neutrino energy density evolves with time. The bound on the “kinematic” variable mPert. nu is largely relaxed, mPert. nu <0.8 eV. This work thus adds clarity to the physical origin of the cosmological neutrino-mass bound, which is mostly a measurement of the neutrino equation of state, providing also hints to evade such a bound. |
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[Bertolez-Martinez, Toni; Salvado, Jordi] Univ Barcelona, Dept Fis Quant & Astrofis, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain, Email: antoni.bertolez@fqa.ub.edu; |
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WOS:001522131000002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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6737 |
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Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Giordano, G.; Mena, O.; Mocioiu, I. |
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Atmospheric neutrinos in ice and measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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82 |
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9 |
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093011 - 7pp |
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The main goal of the IceCube Deep Core array is to search for neutrinos of astrophysical origins. Atmospheric neutrinos are commonly considered as a background for these searches. We show that the very high statistics atmospheric neutrino data can be used to obtain precise measurements of the main oscillation parameters. |
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[Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique] Werner Heisenberg Inst, Max Planck Inst Phys, D-80805 Munich, Germany |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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ISI:000284259000002 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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Lopez Honorez, L.; Mena, O.; Panotopoulos, G. |
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Higher-order coupled quintessence |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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82 |
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12 |
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123525 - 7pp |
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We study a coupled quintessence model in which the interaction with the dark-matter sector is a function of the quintessence potential. Such a coupling can arise from a field dependent mass term for the dark-matter field. The dynamical analysis of a standard quintessence potential coupled with the interaction explored here shows that the system possesses a late-time accelerated attractor. In light of these results, we perform a fit to the most recent Supernovae Ia, Cosmic Microwave Background, and Baryon Acoustic Oscillation data sets. Constraints arising from weak equivalence principle violation arguments are also discussed. |
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[Lopez Honorez, Laura] UAM, Dept Phys, Madrid 28049, Spain |
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ISI:000286744800005 |
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Pandolfi, S.; Giusarma, E.; Kolb, E.W.; Lattanzi, M.; Melchiorri, A.; Mena, O.; Pena, M.; Cooray, A.; Serra, P. |
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Impact of general reionization scenarios on extraction of inflationary parameters |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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82 |
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12 |
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123527 - 10pp |
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Determination of whether the Harrison-Zel'dovich spectrum for primordial scalar perturbations is consistent with observations is sensitive to assumptions about the reionization scenario. In light of this result, we revisit constraints on inflationary models using more general reionization scenarios. While the bounds on the tensor-to-scalar ratio are largely unmodified, when different reionization schemes are addressed, hybrid models are back into the inflationary game. In the general reionization picture, we reconstruct both the shape and amplitude of the inflaton potential. We discuss how relaxing the simple reionization restriction affects the reconstruction of the potential through the changes in the constraints on the spectral index, the tensor-to-scalar ratio and the running of the spectral index. We also find that the inclusion of other Cosmic Microwave Background data in addition to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy probe data excludes the very flat potentials typical of models in which the inflationary evolution reaches a late-time attractor, as a consequence of the fact that the running of the spectral index is constrained to be different from zero at 99% confidence level. |
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[Pandolfi, Stefania; Lattanzi, Massimiliano; Melchiorri, Alessandro] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dept Phys, I-00185 Rome, Italy |
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ISI:000286744800007 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Giordano, G.; Mena, O.; Mocioiu, I. |
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Atmospheric neutrino oscillations and tau neutrinos in ice |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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81 |
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11 |
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113008 - 5pp |
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The main goal of the IceCube Deep Core Array is to search for neutrinos of astrophysical origins. Atmospheric neutrinos are commonly considered as a background for these searches. We show here that cascade measurements in the Ice Cube Deep Core Array can provide strong evidence for tau neutrino appearance in atmospheric neutrino oscillations. Controlling systematic uncertainties will be the limiting factor in the analysis. A careful study of these tau neutrinos is crucial, since they constitute an irreducible background for astrophysical neutrino detection. |
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[Giordano, Gerardo; Mocioiu, Irina] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA |
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ISI:000279159600001 |
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Razzaque, S.; Jean, P.; Mena, O. |
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High energy neutrinos from novae in symbiotic binaries: The case of V407 Cygni |
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Journal Article |
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2010 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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82 |
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12 |
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123012 - 5pp |
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Detection of high-energy (>= 100 MeV) gamma rays by the Fermi Large Area Telescope from a nova in the symbiotic binary system V407 Cygni has opened the possibility of high-energy neutrino detection from this type of source. A thermonuclear explosion on the white dwarf surface sets off a nova shell in motion that expands and slows down in a dense surrounding medium provided by the red giant companion. Particles are accelerated in the shocks of the shell and interact with the surrounding medium to produce observed gamma rays. We show that proton-proton interaction, which is most likely responsible for producing gamma rays via neutral pion decay, produces >= 0:1 GeV neutrinos that can be detected by the current and future experiments at >= 10 GeV. |
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[Razzaque, Soebur] Natl Acad Sci, Natl Res Council Res Associate, Washington, DC 20001 USA, Email: srazzaque@ssd5.nrl.navy.mil |
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