Constraints on decaying neutrinos from the far-ultraviolet extragalactic background light

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Feb 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...404..460o&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 404, no. 2, p. 460-467.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Background Radiation, Dark Matter, Decay, Extraterrestrial Radiation, Far Ultraviolet Radiation, Neutrinos, Cosmology, Diffuse Radiation, Galactic Halos, Missing Mass (Astrophysics)

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We consider light neutrinos as dark matter candidates, concentrating on those proposed by Sciama, with rest energies near 30 eV and decay lifetimes of (2 +/- 1) x 10 exp 23 s. Using equations developed by Wesson et al. (1987) for the visible extragalactic background light, and assuming that the neutrinos are clustered in galactic halos similar to that around our own Galaxy, we show that their decay would be capable of significant contributions to the far-ultraviolet background. Observations in this region by Martin and Bowyer (1989) limit the possible mass of the neutrino halos to 2 x 10 exp 11 M(solar), which is less than the required galactic 'missing mass'. In order to form galactic halos of mass 5 x 10 exp 11 M(solar), such neutrinos would have to decay with lifetimes of at least 3 x 10 exp 23 s to be consistent with the observations. Sciama's proposal remains marginally viable, but more observational data will test it and similar neutrino models critically.

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