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Main Authors: Trojanowski, Sebastian, Zu, Lei
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20396
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author Trojanowski, Sebastian
Zu, Lei
author_facet Trojanowski, Sebastian
Zu, Lei
contents The impact of dark matter-neutrino ($ν$DM) interactions on cosmological perturbations has regained attention, spurred by indications of non-zero couplings from high-multipole cosmic microwave background data, weak lensing, and Lyman-$α$ observations. We demonstrate that a similar observational preference is obtained if $ν$DM interactions are primarily enhanced during a specific epoch, $z\sim (10^4-10^5)$, leading to $>3σ$ preference for a non-zero interaction in the combined Atacama Cosmology Telescope and cosmic shear data. This redshift-limited enhancement circumvents other cosmological and astrophysical bounds and can be achieved within a neutrino portal dark matter framework incorporating resonantly enhanced scattering rates.
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spellingShingle Cosmological impact of $ν$DM interactions enhanced in narrow redshift ranges
Trojanowski, Sebastian
Zu, Lei
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
The impact of dark matter-neutrino ($ν$DM) interactions on cosmological perturbations has regained attention, spurred by indications of non-zero couplings from high-multipole cosmic microwave background data, weak lensing, and Lyman-$α$ observations. We demonstrate that a similar observational preference is obtained if $ν$DM interactions are primarily enhanced during a specific epoch, $z\sim (10^4-10^5)$, leading to $>3σ$ preference for a non-zero interaction in the combined Atacama Cosmology Telescope and cosmic shear data. This redshift-limited enhancement circumvents other cosmological and astrophysical bounds and can be achieved within a neutrino portal dark matter framework incorporating resonantly enhanced scattering rates.
title Cosmological impact of $ν$DM interactions enhanced in narrow redshift ranges
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20396