Constraining massive neutrinos using cosmological 21 cm observations

Details Constraining massive neutrinos using cosmological 21 cm observations Constraining massive neutrinos using cosmological 21 cm observations

2008-05-14

arxiv.org/abs/0805.1920v1

Phys.Rev.D78:065009,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.78.065009

Observations of neutrino oscillations show that neutrinos have mass. However, the best constraints on this mass currently come from cosmology, via measurements of the cosmic microwave background and large scale structure. In this paper, we explore the prospects for using low-frequency radio observations of the redshifted 21 cm signal from the epoch of reionization to further constrain neutrino masses. We use the Fisher matrix formalism to compare future galaxy surveys and 21 cm experiments. We show that by pushing to smaller scales and probing a considerably larger volume 21 cm experiments can provide stronger constraints on neutrino masses than even very large galaxy surveys. Finally, we consider the possibility of going beyond measurements of the total neutrino mass to constraining the mass hierarchies. For a futuristic, 21 cm experiment we show that individual neutrino masses could be measured separately from the total neutrino mass.

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