Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2006-07-25
Nucl.Phys. B756 (2006) 100-116
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
23 pages, 5 figures. To be published in NPB
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.09.002
We consider the decoupling of neutrinos in the early Universe in presence of non-standard neutral current neutrino-electron interactions (NSI). We first discuss a semi-analytical approach to solve the relevant kinetic equations and then present the results of fully numerical and momentum-dependent calculations, including flavor neutrino oscillations. We present our results in terms of both the effective number of neutrino species (N_eff) and the impact on the abundance of He-4 produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. We find that, for NSI parameters within the ranges allowed by present laboratory data, non-standard neutrino-electron interactions do not essentially modify the density of relic neutrinos nor the bounds on neutrino properties from cosmological observables, such as their mass. Nonetheless, the presence of neutrino-electron NSI may enhance the entropy transfer from electron-positron pairs into neutrinos instead of photons, up to a value of N_eff=3.12. This is almost three times the correction to N_eff=3 that appears for standard weak interactions.
Mangano Gianpiero
Miele Gennaro
Pastor Sergio
Pinto Teguayco
Pisanti Ofelia
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