WMAPping out Neutrino Masses

dc.creatorPierce, Aaron
dc.creatorMurayama, Hitoshi
dc.date2003-02-17
dc.date2003-10-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:28:44Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:28:44Z
dc.descriptionRecent data from from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) place important bounds on the neutrino sector. The precise determination of the baryon number in the universe puts a strong constraint on the number of relativistic species during Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis. WMAP data, when combined with the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS), also directly constrain the absolute mass scale of neutrinos. These results impinge upon a neutrino oscillation interpretation of the result from the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND). We also note that the Heidelberg--Moscow evidence for neutrinoless double beta decay is only consistent with the WMAP+2dFGRS data for the largest values of the nuclear matrix element.
dc.description5 pages, 2 figures. v2:Streamlined discussion of thermalization; improved discussion of large lepton asymmetry. v3: Added References. v4: More conservative treatment of bias
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0302131
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0302131
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B581:218-223,2004
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.11.075
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/177554
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleWMAPping out Neutrino Masses
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