Published January 1, 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

The promising future of a robust cosmological neutrino mass measurement

  • 1. Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology (TTK), RWTH Aachen University, Sommerfeldstr. 16, D-52056 Aachen (Germany)

Description

We forecast the sensitivity of thirty-five different combinations of future Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure data sets to cosmological parameters and to the total neutrino mass. We work under conservative assumptions accounting for uncertainties in the modelling of systematics. In particular, for galaxy redshift surveys, we remove the information coming from non-linear scales. We use Bayesian parameter extraction from mock likelihoods to avoid Fisher matrix uncertainties. Our grid of results allows for a direct comparison between the sensitivity of different data sets. We find that future surveys will measure the neutrino mass with high significance and will not be substantially affected by potential parameter degeneracies between neutrino masses, the density of relativistic relics, and a possible time-varying equation of state of Dark Energy.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/01/059

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2019
Journal Issue
01
Journal Page Range
p. 059
ISSN
1475-7516