(Lack of) Cosmological evidence for dark radiation after Planck
We use Bayesian model comparison to determine whether extensions to Standard-Model neutrino physics primarily additional effective numbers of neutrinos and/or massive neutrinos are merited by the latest cosmological data. Given the significant advances in cosmic microwave background (CMB) observatio...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2445/110169 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/110169 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Neutrins Estadística bayesiana Matèria fosca (Astronomia) Cosmologia Neutrinos Bayesian statistical decision Dark matter (Astronomy) Cosmology |
| Sumario: | We use Bayesian model comparison to determine whether extensions to Standard-Model neutrino physics primarily additional effective numbers of neutrinos and/or massive neutrinos are merited by the latest cosmological data. Given the significant advances in cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations represented by the Planck data, we examine whether Planck temperature and CMB lensing data, in combination with lower redshift data, have strengthened (or weakened) the previous findings. We conclude that the state-of-the-art cosmological data do not show evidence for deviations from the standard (ΛCDM) cosmological model (which has three massless neutrino families). This does not mean that the model is necessarily correct in fact we know it is incomplete as neutrinos are not massless but it does imply that deviations from the standard model (e.g., non-zero neutrino mass) are too small compared to the current experimental uncertainties to be inferred from cosmological data alone. |
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