Published June 1, 2021 | Version v1
Journal article

Multi-messenger astrophysics with the cosmic neutrino background

  • 1. Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)

Description

The massive neutrinos of the Cosmic Neutrino Background (CνB) are fundamental ingredients of the radiation-dominated early universe and are important non-relativistic probes of the large-scale structure formation in the late universe. The dominant source of anisotropies in the neutrino flux distribution on the sky are highly amplified integrals of metric perturbations encountered during the non-relativistic phase of the CνB. This paper numerically compares the line-of-sight methods for computing CνB anisotropies with the Einstein-Boltzmann hierarchy solutions in linear theory for a range of neutrino masses. Angular power spectra are computed that are relevant to a future polarized tritium target run of the PTOLEMY experiment. Correlations between the CνB sky maps and galactic survey data are derived using line-of-sight techniques and discussed in the context of multi-messenger astrophysics. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/06/053

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2021
Journal Issue
06
Journal Page Range
[14 p.]
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
53100010
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC NEUTRINOS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; TRITIUM TARGET
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NEUTRINOS; PHYSICS; RADIATIONS; TARGETS