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Is there evidence for additional neutrino species from cosmology?

It has been suggested that recent cosmological and flavor-oscillation data favor the existence of additional neutrino species beyond the three predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics. We apply Bayesian model selection to determine whether there is indeed any evidence from current cosmolo...

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Autores principales: Feeney, Stephen M., Peiris, Hiranya V., Verde, Licia
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2013/04/036
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1513269
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author Feeney, Stephen M.
Peiris, Hiranya V.
Verde, Licia
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Verde, Licia
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description It has been suggested that recent cosmological and flavor-oscillation data favor the existence of additional neutrino species beyond the three predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics. We apply Bayesian model selection to determine whether there is indeed any evidence from current cosmological datasets for the standard cosmological model to be extended to include additional neutrino flavors. The datasets employed include cosmic microwave background temperature, polarization and lensing power spectra, and measurements of the baryon acoustic oscillation scale and the Hubble constant. We also consider other extensions to the standard neutrino model, such as massive neutrinos, and possible degeneracies with other cosmological parameters. The Bayesian evidence indicates that current cosmological data do not require any non-standard neutrino properties.
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spelling cern-15132692021-10-21T05:37:11Zdoi:10.1088/1475-7516/2013/04/036http://cds.cern.ch/record/1513269engFeeney, Stephen M.Peiris, Hiranya V.Verde, LiciaIs there evidence for additional neutrino species from cosmology?Astrophysics and AstronomyIt has been suggested that recent cosmological and flavor-oscillation data favor the existence of additional neutrino species beyond the three predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics. We apply Bayesian model selection to determine whether there is indeed any evidence from current cosmological datasets for the standard cosmological model to be extended to include additional neutrino flavors. The datasets employed include cosmic microwave background temperature, polarization and lensing power spectra, and measurements of the baryon acoustic oscillation scale and the Hubble constant. We also consider other extensions to the standard neutrino model, such as massive neutrinos, and possible degeneracies with other cosmological parameters. The Bayesian evidence indicates that current cosmological data do not require any non-standard neutrino properties.It has been suggested that recent cosmological and flavor-oscillation data favor the existence of additional neutrino species beyond the three predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics. We apply Bayesian model selection to determine whether there is indeed any evidence from current cosmological datasets for the standard cosmological model to be extended to include additional neutrino flavors. The datasets employed include cosmic microwave background temperature, polarization and lensing power spectra, and measurements of the baryon acoustic oscillation scale and the Hubble constant. We also consider other extensions to the standard neutrino model, such as massive neutrinos, and possible degeneracies with other cosmological parameters. The Bayesian evidence indicates that current cosmological data do not require any non-standard neutrino properties.arXiv:1302.0014oai:cds.cern.ch:15132692013-02-04
spellingShingle Astrophysics and Astronomy
Feeney, Stephen M.
Peiris, Hiranya V.
Verde, Licia
Is there evidence for additional neutrino species from cosmology?
title Is there evidence for additional neutrino species from cosmology?
title_full Is there evidence for additional neutrino species from cosmology?
title_fullStr Is there evidence for additional neutrino species from cosmology?
title_full_unstemmed Is there evidence for additional neutrino species from cosmology?
title_short Is there evidence for additional neutrino species from cosmology?
title_sort is there evidence for additional neutrino species from cosmology?
topic Astrophysics and Astronomy
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2013/04/036
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1513269
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