Generalized neutrino isocurvature
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2026-04-23 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
Searches for neutrino isocurvature usually constrain a specific linear combination of isocurvature perturbations. In this work, we discuss realistic cosmological scenarios giving rise to neutrino isocurvature. We show that in general both, neutrino and matter isocurvature perturbations are generated, whose ratio we parameterize by a newly introduced mixing angle. We obtain the first limits on this new mixing angle from PLANCK data, and discuss novel insights into the early Universe that could be provided by future measurements.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2504.17047,
title = {Generalized neutrino isocurvature},
author = {Christopher Gerlach and Wolfram Ratzinger and Pedro Schwaller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.17047},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
10 pages, 6 figures, matches published version