Thawing Dark Energy and Massive Neutrinos in Light of DESI

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Main Authors: Rodrigues, Gabriel, de Souza, Rayff, Rodrigues, Jamerson, Alcaniz, Jailson
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author Rodrigues, Gabriel
de Souza, Rayff
Rodrigues, Jamerson
Alcaniz, Jailson
author_facet Rodrigues, Gabriel
de Souza, Rayff
Rodrigues, Jamerson
Alcaniz, Jailson
contents Recent analyses have shown that a dynamic dark energy modeled by the CPL parameterization of the dark energy equation of state (EoS) can ease constraints on the total neutrino mass compared to the standard $Λ$CDM model. This helps reconcile cosmological and particle physics measurements of $\sum m_ν$. In this study, we investigate the robustness of this effect by assessing the extent to which the CPL assumption influences the results. We examine how alternative EoS parameterizations - such as Barboza-Alcaniz (BA), Jassal-Bagla-Padmanabhan (JBP), and a physically motivated thawing parameterization that reproduces the behavior of various scalar field models - affect estimates of $\sum m_ν$. Although both the BA and JBP parameterizations relax the constraints similarly to the CPL model, the JBP parameterization still excludes the inverted neutrino mass hierarchy at $\sim 2.1\;σ$ with $\sum m_ν< 0.096$\;eV. The thawing parameterization excludes the inverted hierarchy at $\sim 3.3σ$ and yields tighter constraints, comparable to those of the $Λ$CDM model, with $\sum m_ν< 0.071$\;eV. Finally, we show that the thawing model can be mapped into the BA and JBP $w_0$-$w_a$ parameter space, with the apparent preference for the phantom regime actually supporting quintessence (non-phantom) models.
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Rodrigues, Gabriel
de Souza, Rayff
Rodrigues, Jamerson
Alcaniz, Jailson
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Recent analyses have shown that a dynamic dark energy modeled by the CPL parameterization of the dark energy equation of state (EoS) can ease constraints on the total neutrino mass compared to the standard $Λ$CDM model. This helps reconcile cosmological and particle physics measurements of $\sum m_ν$. In this study, we investigate the robustness of this effect by assessing the extent to which the CPL assumption influences the results. We examine how alternative EoS parameterizations - such as Barboza-Alcaniz (BA), Jassal-Bagla-Padmanabhan (JBP), and a physically motivated thawing parameterization that reproduces the behavior of various scalar field models - affect estimates of $\sum m_ν$. Although both the BA and JBP parameterizations relax the constraints similarly to the CPL model, the JBP parameterization still excludes the inverted neutrino mass hierarchy at $\sim 2.1\;σ$ with $\sum m_ν< 0.096$\;eV. The thawing parameterization excludes the inverted hierarchy at $\sim 3.3σ$ and yields tighter constraints, comparable to those of the $Λ$CDM model, with $\sum m_ν< 0.071$\;eV. Finally, we show that the thawing model can be mapped into the BA and JBP $w_0$-$w_a$ parameter space, with the apparent preference for the phantom regime actually supporting quintessence (non-phantom) models.
title Thawing Dark Energy and Massive Neutrinos in Light of DESI
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.00126