Published October 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Do WMAP data favor neutrino mass and a coupling between Cold Dark Matter and Dark Energy ?

  • 1. I.N.F.N., Sezione di Milano (Italy)
  • 2. Department of Physics G. Occhialini - Milano - Bicocca University, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano (Italy)
  • 3. Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Box 1029, 0315 Oslo (Norway)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0484 (United States)

Description

We allow simultaneously for a CDM-DE coupling and non-zero neutrino masses and find that significant coupling and neutrino mass are (slightly) statistically favoured in respect to a cosmology with no coupling and negligible neutrino mass (our best fits are: C∼1/2mp, mν∼0.12eV each flavor). We assume DE to be a self-interacting scalar field and use a standard Monte Carlo Markov Chain approach.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2009.07.088

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2009.07.088;
arXiv
arXiv:0906.3369v1;
PII
S0920-5632(09)00533-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
194
Journal Page Range
p. 254-259
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
New horizons for modern cosmology
Acronym
Galileo Galilei Institute conferences on dark matter and dark energy
Dates
19 Jan - 13 Mar 2009
Place
Florence (Italy)

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