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Bounds on the Tsallis Parameter from a deformed Neutrino Sector in the Early Universe

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2026-03-31 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We generalize neutrino energy density content in the early universe near BBN era T1T\simeq1 MeV within Tsallis nonextensive statistics. By using Curado-Tsallis constraints we obtain generalized distribution functions fq(E)f_q(E). We compute the generalized thermodynamic integral for the energy density ρq\rho_q. We define a reescaling Rρ(ξ=+1)(q)=ρq/ρstdR^{(\xi = +1)}_{\rho}(q) = \rho_q/\rho^{\rm std} which is a ratio between the deformed energy density and the standard extensive case. The last was used to directly map and deform neutrino content via the effective number of neutrinos NeffN_{\rm eff}. The deformation prediction was confronted against CMB++BAO and BBN data for NeffN_{\rm eff} by a joint/combined χ2\chi^2 type-fit. We obtained the constraints q11.09×102|q-1|\le 1.09\times 10^{-2} (95\% CL) and q11.32×102|q-1|\le 1.32\times 10^{-2} (99\% CL) from the combined analysis by numerically calculating the best value of the Tsallis parameter qbestq_{\rm best}.

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@article{arxiv.2602.01596,
  title  = {Bounds on the Tsallis Parameter from a deformed Neutrino Sector in the Early Universe},
  author = {Matias P. Gonzalez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.01596},
  year   = {2026}
}

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12 pages, 4 figures