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The full Boltzmann hierarchy for dark matter-massive neutrino interactions. / Mosbech, Markus R.; Boehm, Celine; Hannestad, Steen et al.
In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2021, No. 3, 066, 03.2021.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The full Boltzmann hierarchy for dark matter-massive neutrino interactions
AU - Mosbech, Markus R.
AU - Boehm, Celine
AU - Hannestad, Steen
AU - Mena, Olga
AU - Stadler, Julia
AU - Wong, Yvonne Y.Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - The impact of dark matter-neutrino interactions on the measurement of the cosmological parameters has been investigated in the past in the context of massless neutrinos exclusively. Here we revisit the role of a neutrino-dark matter coupling in light of ongoing cosmological tensions by implementing the full Boltzmann hierarchy for three massive neutrinos. Our tightest 95% CL upper limit on the strength of the interactions, parameterized via uχ =σ0/σTh(mχ/100 GeV)-1, is uχ≤3.34 • 10-4, arising from a combination of Planck TTTEEE data, Planck lensing data and SDSS BAO data. This upper bound is, as expected, slightly higher than previous results for interacting massless neutrinos, due to the correction factor associated with neutrino masses. We find that these interactions significantly relax the lower bounds on the value of σ_8 that is inferred in the context of ΛCDM from the Planck data, leading to agreement within 1-2σ with weak lensing estimates of σ8, as those from KiDS-1000. However, the presence of these interactions barely affects the value of the Hubble constant H0.
AB - The impact of dark matter-neutrino interactions on the measurement of the cosmological parameters has been investigated in the past in the context of massless neutrinos exclusively. Here we revisit the role of a neutrino-dark matter coupling in light of ongoing cosmological tensions by implementing the full Boltzmann hierarchy for three massive neutrinos. Our tightest 95% CL upper limit on the strength of the interactions, parameterized via uχ =σ0/σTh(mχ/100 GeV)-1, is uχ≤3.34 • 10-4, arising from a combination of Planck TTTEEE data, Planck lensing data and SDSS BAO data. This upper bound is, as expected, slightly higher than previous results for interacting massless neutrinos, due to the correction factor associated with neutrino masses. We find that these interactions significantly relax the lower bounds on the value of σ_8 that is inferred in the context of ΛCDM from the Planck data, leading to agreement within 1-2σ with weak lensing estimates of σ8, as those from KiDS-1000. However, the presence of these interactions barely affects the value of the Hubble constant H0.
KW - cosmological perturbation theory
KW - dark matter theory
KW - neutrino properties
KW - particle physics-cosmology connection
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103649979&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1088/1475-7516/2021/03/066
DO - 10.1088/1475-7516/2021/03/066
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85103649979
VL - 2021
JO - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
JF - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
SN - 1475-7516
IS - 3
M1 - 066
ER -