Broken Defects
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Recent indications of a neutrino mass raise the possibility that the dark matter may be hot, which would be a severe challenge for structure formation theory. We argue that generic defect theories fare very well in hot dark matter cosmologies, and also work in the presence of curvature or a cosmological constant. If this model is correct, then the MAP and PLANCK missions will not measure what people expect them to (oscillations); rather, they will measure a broad hump.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9901357,
title = {Broken Defects},
author = {Ue-Li Pen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9901357},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
3 pages, To appear in Proceedings of the MPA/ESO Conference "Evolution of Large Scale Structure: From Recombination to Garching"