Cosmological neutrino mass detection: The best probe of neutrino lifetime

dc.creatorSerpico, Pasquale D.
dc.date2007-01-24
dc.date2007-04-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:21:02Z
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dc.descriptionFuture cosmological data may be sensitive to the effects of a finite sum of neutrino masses even as small as ~0.06 eV, the lower limit guaranteed by neutrino oscillation experiments. We show that a cosmological detection of neutrino mass at that level would improve by many orders of magnitude the existing limits on neutrino lifetime, and as a consequence on neutrino secret interactions with (quasi-)massless particles as in majoron models. On the other hand, neutrino decay may provide a way-out to explain a discrepancy <~ 0.1 eV between cosmic neutrino bounds and Lab data.
dc.description5 pages, 1 eps figure; clarifications and references added, improved discussion, conclusions unchanged. Matches version published in PRL
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701699
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701699
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.98:171301,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.171301
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194143
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleCosmological neutrino mass detection: The best probe of neutrino lifetime
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