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Neutrino properties from cosmology

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2018-04-02 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Precision cosmology enables to test fundamental physics, including neutrino properties, with unprecedented accuracy. In this work, I review the basics of neutrino cosmology. I briefly describe how neutrinos affect cosmological observables, such as anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background and fluctuations in the matter field. I show current constraints and projected sensitivities on the sum of the neutrino masses Σmν\Sigma m_\nu and on the number of relativistic species NeffN_\mathrm{eff} from a selection of cosmological data. I finally comment about the implications of those bounds for neutrino physics.

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@article{arxiv.1803.11545,
  title  = {Neutrino properties from cosmology},
  author = {Martina Gerbino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.11545},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Talk presented at NuPhys2017 (London, 20-22 December 2017). 8 pages, LaTeX, no figures

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