Model independent constraints on mass-varying neutrino scenarios

Details Model independent constraints on mass-varying neutrino scenarios Model independent constraints on mass-varying neutrino scenarios

2009-08-04

arxiv.org/abs/0908.0534v2

Phys.Rev.D80:083506,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

13 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables. Some few comments and references added. To be published in PRD

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.80.083506

Models of dark energy in which neutrinos interact with the scalar field supposed to be responsible for the acceleration of the universe usually imply a variation of the neutrino masses on cosmological time scales. In this work we propose a parameterization for the neutrino mass variation that captures the essentials of those scenarios and allows to constrain them in a model independent way, that is, without resorting to any particular scalar field model. Using WMAP 5yr data combined with the matter power spectrum of SDSS and 2dFGRS, the limit on the present value of the neutrino mass is $m_0 \equiv m_{\nu}(z=0) < 0.43 (0.28)$ eV at 95% C.L. for the case in which the neutrino mass was lighter (heavier) in the past, a result competitive with the ones imposed for standard (i.e., constant mass) neutrinos. Moreover, for the ratio of the mass variation of the neutrino mass $\Delta m_{\nu}$ over the current mass $m_0$ we found that $\log[|\Delta m_{\nu}|/m_0] < -1.3 (-2.7)$ at 95% C.L. for $\Delta m_{\nu} < 0 (\Delta m_{\nu} > 0)$, totally consistent with no mass variation. These stringent bounds on the mass variation are not related to the neutrino free-streaming history which may affect the matter power spectrum on small scales. On the contrary, they are imposed by the fact that any significant transfer of energy between the neutrino and dark energy components would lead to an instability contradicting CMB and large scale structure data on the largest observable scales.

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