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Forecast on lepton asymmetry from future CMB experiments

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2019-03-26 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We consider a cosmological lepton asymmetry in the form of neutrinos and impose new expected sensitivities on such asymmetry through the degeneracy parameter (ξν\xi_{\nu}) by using some future CMB experiment configurations, such as CORE and CMB-S4. Taking the default scenario with three neutrino states, we find ξμ=0.05±0.10(±0.04)\xi_{\mu} = 0.05 \pm 0.10 \, (\pm \, 0.04), from CORE (CMB-S4) at 95 percent CL, respectively. Also, within this scenario, we evaluate the neutrino mass scale, obtaining that the normal hierarchy mass scheme is privileged. Our results are an update concerning on the cosmological lepton asymmetry and the neutrino mass scale within this context, from which can bring a perspective on the null hypothesis for ξν\xi_{\nu} (and its effects on ΔNeff\Delta N_{\rm eff}), where perhaps, \textbf{ξν\xi_{\nu}} may take a non-null value up to 95 percent CL from future experiments such as CMB-S4. Sensitivity results for CMB-S4 obtained here not including all expected systematic errors.

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@article{arxiv.1810.06356,
  title  = {Forecast on lepton asymmetry from future CMB experiments},
  author = {Alexander Bonilla and Rafael C. Nunes and Everton M. C. Abreu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.06356},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

6 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables. Matches the version published in MNRAS

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