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Structure Formation with Decaying Neutrinos

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We consider the effects of a massive, unstable neutrino on the evolution of large--scale structure and anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background. Comparison with large--scale structure data allows us to rule out a wide range of masses and lifetimes for such neutrinos. We also define a range of masses and lifetimes which delay matter--radiation equality and improve the agreement with the data of Cold Dark Matter models with critical density.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9411098,
  title  = {Structure Formation with Decaying Neutrinos},
  author = {M. White and G. Gelmini and J. Silk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9411098},
  year   = {2008}
}

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13 pages, compressed uuencoded self-unpacking postscript file with 5 figures and 1 table (included)