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We calculate new constraints on extra neutrino interactions via light Abelian vector bosons, where the boson mass arises from Stuckelberg mechanism. We use the requirement that $Z$, $W$, and kaon decays, as well as electron-neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-06-20 Ranjan Laha , Basudeb Dasgupta , John F. Beacom

Self-interacting neutrinos that begin to free-stream at close to matter-radiation equality can reduce the physical size of photon sound horizon at last scattering surface. This mechanism can be the reason why standard $\Lambda$CDM cosmology…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-11-09 Hong-Jian He , Yin-Zhe Ma , Jiaming Zheng

Constraints on inflationary models typically assume only the standard models of cosmology and particle physics. By extending the neutrino sector to include a new interaction with a light scalar mediator ($m_{\phi}\sim$MeV), it is possible…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-18 Gabriela Barenboim , Peter B. Denton , Isabel M. Oldengott

In models with a light scalar field (the `acceleron') coupled to neutrinos, neutrino masses depend on neutrino density. The resulting coupled system of mass varying neutrinos (MaVaNs) and the acceleron can act as a negative pressure fluid…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-08-06 Akshay Ghalsasi , Ann E. Nelson

The Short BaseLine (SBL) neutrino oscillations anomalies hint at the presence of a sterile neutrino with a mass of around 1 eV. However, such neutrino is highly incompatible with the cosmological data, in particular from the Cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-17 Stefano Gariazzo

We consider the case of a coupling in the dark cosmological sector, where a dark energy scalar field modifies the gravitational attraction between dark matter particles. We find that the strength of the coupling {\beta} is constrained using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Valeria Pettorino , Luca Amendola , Carlo Baccigalupi , Claudia Quercellini

We examine the phenomenology of a simplified model of fermionic dark matter coupled to a light scalar mediator carrying lepton number 2. We find that the mediator can be very light and still consistent with laboratory and cosmological…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-06-29 Arvind Rajaraman , Jordan Smolinsky

Neutrino Self-Interactions ($\nu$SI) beyond the Standard Model are an attractive possibility to soften cosmological constraints on neutrino properties and also to explain the tension in late and early time measurements of the Hubble…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-09-09 Frank F. Deppisch , Lukas Graf , Werner Rodejohann , Xun-Jie Xu

A cosmological scenario in which the onset of neutrino free streaming in the early Universe is delayed until close to the epoch of matter-radiation equality has been shown to provide a good fit to some cosmic microwave background (CMB)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-15 David Camarena , Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine , John Houghteling

The exciting possibility of detecting supernova, solar, and atmospheric neutrinos with coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering detectors is within reach, opening up new avenues to probe New Physics. We explore the possibility of constraining…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-04-07 Anna M. Suliga , Irene Tamborra

The impact of dark matter-neutrino ($\nu$DM) interactions on cosmological perturbations has regained attention, spurred by indications of non-zero couplings from high-multipole cosmic microwave background data, weak lensing, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-28 Sebastian Trojanowski , Lei Zu

In this paper we explore possible extensions of Interacting Dark Energy cosmologies, where Dark Energy and Dark Matter interact non-gravitationally with one another. In particular, we focus on the neutrino sector, analyzing the effect of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Weiqiang Yang , Eleonora Di Valentino , Olga Mena , Supriya Pan , Rafael C. Nunes

We discuss the viability of a light particle ($\sim 30$ eV neutrino) with strong self-interactions as a dark matter candidate. The interaction prevents the neutrinos from free-streaming during the radiation dominated regime so galaxy sized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-30 Fernando Atrio-Barandela , Sacha Davidson

We study the cosmological signatures of new light relics that are collisionless like standard neutrinos or are strongly interacting. We provide a simple and succinct rephrasing of their physical effects in the cosmic microwave background,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-20 Murali M. Saravanan , Thejs Brinckmann , Marilena Loverde , Zachary J. Weiner

Effective pseudoscalar-photon interaction(s) would induce a rotation of linear polarization of electromagnetic wave propagating with cosmological distance in various cosmological models. Pseudoscalar-photon interaction is proportional to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-23 Wei-Tou Ni

Cosmological neutrino mass and abundance measurements are reaching unprecedented precision. Testing their stability versus redshift and scale is a crucial issue, as it can serve as a guide for optimizing ongoing and future searches. Here,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-13 Deng Wang , Olga Mena , Eleonora Di Valentino , Stefano Gariazzo

The measurements of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) experiments have opened up the possibility to constrain neutrino physics beyond the standard model of elementary particle physics. Furthermore, by considering…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-05-24 CONUS Collaboration , H. Bonet , A. Bonhomme , C. Buck , K. Fülber , J. Hakenmüller , G. Heusser , T. Hugle , M. Lindner , W. Maneschg , T. Rink , H. Strecker , R. Wink

Neutrino self-interactions (NSI) offer a potential pathway to address anomalies in standard cosmology and explain existing cosmological tensions. In this work, we present a novel framework to obtain the neutrino--neutrino collision term…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-10 Ivan Pérez-Castro , Josue De-Santiago , Gabriela Garcia-Arroyo , Jorge Venzor , Abdel Pérez-Lorenzana

Neutrino-electron scatterings ($\nu - e$) are purely leptonic processes with robust Standard Model (SM) predictions. Their measurements can therefore provide constraints to physics beyond SM. Non-commutative (NC) field theories modify…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-04-24 S. Bilmis , M. Deniz , H. B. Li , J. Li , H. Y. Liao , S. T. Lin , V. Singh , H. T. Wong , I. O. Yildirim , Q. Yue , M. Zeyrek

Neutrino self-interactions beyond the standard model have profound implications in astrophysics and cosmology. In this Letter, we study an uncharted scenario in which one of the three neutrino species has a mass smaller than the temperature…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-30 Isaac R. Wang , Xun-Jie Xu , Bei Zhou