Self-interacting neutrinos in light of recent CMB and LSS data

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Main Authors: Poudou, Adèle, Simon, Théo, Montandon, Thomas, Teixeira, Elsa M., Poulin, Vivian
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author Poudou, Adèle
Simon, Théo
Montandon, Thomas
Teixeira, Elsa M.
Poulin, Vivian
author_facet Poudou, Adèle
Simon, Théo
Montandon, Thomas
Teixeira, Elsa M.
Poulin, Vivian
contents We update constraints on a simple model of self-interacting neutrinos involving a heavy scalar mediator with universal flavor coupling. According to past literature, such a model is allowed by Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data, with some CMB and large-scale structure data even favoring a strongly-interacting neutrino (SI$ν$) scenario over $Λ$CDM. In this work, we re-evaluate the constraints on this model in light of the new Planck NPIPE data, DESI BAO data, and the Effective Field Theory of Large Scale Structures (EFTofLSS) applied to BOSS data. We find that Planck NPIPE are more permissive to the SI$ν$ scenario and that DESI data favor the SI$ν$ over $Λ$CDM. However, when considering EFTofBOSS data, this mode is no longer preferred. Therefore, new DESI data analyzed under the EFTofLSS are particularly awaited to shed light on this disagreement.
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spellingShingle Self-interacting neutrinos in light of recent CMB and LSS data
Poudou, Adèle
Simon, Théo
Montandon, Thomas
Teixeira, Elsa M.
Poulin, Vivian
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We update constraints on a simple model of self-interacting neutrinos involving a heavy scalar mediator with universal flavor coupling. According to past literature, such a model is allowed by Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data, with some CMB and large-scale structure data even favoring a strongly-interacting neutrino (SI$ν$) scenario over $Λ$CDM. In this work, we re-evaluate the constraints on this model in light of the new Planck NPIPE data, DESI BAO data, and the Effective Field Theory of Large Scale Structures (EFTofLSS) applied to BOSS data. We find that Planck NPIPE are more permissive to the SI$ν$ scenario and that DESI data favor the SI$ν$ over $Λ$CDM. However, when considering EFTofBOSS data, this mode is no longer preferred. Therefore, new DESI data analyzed under the EFTofLSS are particularly awaited to shed light on this disagreement.
title Self-interacting neutrinos in light of recent CMB and LSS data
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10485