Probing Long-Range Forces Between Neutrinos with Cosmic Structures

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Main Authors: Kaplan, David E., Luo, Xuheng, Rajendran, Surjeet
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Published: 2024
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author Kaplan, David E.
Luo, Xuheng
Rajendran, Surjeet
author_facet Kaplan, David E.
Luo, Xuheng
Rajendran, Surjeet
contents We study the consequences of new long-range forces between neutrinos on cosmic scales. If these forces are a few orders of magnitude stronger than gravity, they can induce perturbation instability in the non-relativistic cosmic neutrino background in the late time universe. As a result, the cosmic neutrino background may form nonlinear bound states instead of free-streaming. The implications of the formation of nonlinear neutrino bound states include enhancing matter perturbations and triggering star formation. Based on existing measurements of the matter power spectrum and reionization history, we place new constraints on long-range forces between neutrinos with ranges lying in $1 \text{ kpc}\lesssim m_ϕ^{-1} \lesssim 10 \text{ Mpc}$.
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spellingShingle Probing Long-Range Forces Between Neutrinos with Cosmic Structures
Kaplan, David E.
Luo, Xuheng
Rajendran, Surjeet
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We study the consequences of new long-range forces between neutrinos on cosmic scales. If these forces are a few orders of magnitude stronger than gravity, they can induce perturbation instability in the non-relativistic cosmic neutrino background in the late time universe. As a result, the cosmic neutrino background may form nonlinear bound states instead of free-streaming. The implications of the formation of nonlinear neutrino bound states include enhancing matter perturbations and triggering star formation. Based on existing measurements of the matter power spectrum and reionization history, we place new constraints on long-range forces between neutrinos with ranges lying in $1 \text{ kpc}\lesssim m_ϕ^{-1} \lesssim 10 \text{ Mpc}$.
title Probing Long-Range Forces Between Neutrinos with Cosmic Structures
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.20766