Measuring neutrino masses with joint JWST and DESI DR2 data

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Autori principali: Zhou, Sheng-Han, Li, Tian-Nuo, Du, Guo-Hong, Jiang, Jun-Qian, Zhang, Jing-Fei, Zhang, Xin
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author Zhou, Sheng-Han
Li, Tian-Nuo
Du, Guo-Hong
Jiang, Jun-Qian
Zhang, Jing-Fei
Zhang, Xin
author_facet Zhou, Sheng-Han
Li, Tian-Nuo
Du, Guo-Hong
Jiang, Jun-Qian
Zhang, Jing-Fei
Zhang, Xin
contents Early JWST observations reveal an unexpectedly abundant population of high-redshift candidate massive galaxies at $z \gtrsim 7$, and recent DESI measurements show a preference for dynamical dark energy, which together present a significant challenge to the standard $Λ$CDM cosmology. In this work, we jointly analyze high-redshift galaxy data from JWST, baryon acoustic oscillations data from DESI DR2, and cosmic microwave background (CMB) data from Planck and ACT, measuring the total neutrino mass $\sum m_ν$. We consider three dark energy models ($Λ$CDM, $w$CDM, and $w_0w_a$CDM) and three mass hierarchies. Our results indicate that in the $w_0w_a$CDM model, adding JWST data to CMB+DESI tightens the upper limit of $\sum m_ν$ by about $5.8\%-10.2\%$, and we obtain $\sum m_ν < 0.167~\mathrm{eV}$ ($2σ$) in the normal hierarchy (NH) case. Furthermore, JWST also offers indicative lower limits on star formation efficiency parameter of $f_{*,10} \gtrsim 0.146-0.161$. Bayesian evidence weakly favors the $w_0w_a$CDM+$\sum m_ν$(NH) model relative to the $Λ$CDM+$\sum m_ν$(NH) model using CMB+DESI+JWST data. These results suggest that the joint analysis of high-redshift JWST data and low-redshift DESI data provides compelling constraints on neutrino mass and merits further investigation.
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spellingShingle Measuring neutrino masses with joint JWST and DESI DR2 data
Zhou, Sheng-Han
Li, Tian-Nuo
Du, Guo-Hong
Jiang, Jun-Qian
Zhang, Jing-Fei
Zhang, Xin
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Early JWST observations reveal an unexpectedly abundant population of high-redshift candidate massive galaxies at $z \gtrsim 7$, and recent DESI measurements show a preference for dynamical dark energy, which together present a significant challenge to the standard $Λ$CDM cosmology. In this work, we jointly analyze high-redshift galaxy data from JWST, baryon acoustic oscillations data from DESI DR2, and cosmic microwave background (CMB) data from Planck and ACT, measuring the total neutrino mass $\sum m_ν$. We consider three dark energy models ($Λ$CDM, $w$CDM, and $w_0w_a$CDM) and three mass hierarchies. Our results indicate that in the $w_0w_a$CDM model, adding JWST data to CMB+DESI tightens the upper limit of $\sum m_ν$ by about $5.8\%-10.2\%$, and we obtain $\sum m_ν < 0.167~\mathrm{eV}$ ($2σ$) in the normal hierarchy (NH) case. Furthermore, JWST also offers indicative lower limits on star formation efficiency parameter of $f_{*,10} \gtrsim 0.146-0.161$. Bayesian evidence weakly favors the $w_0w_a$CDM+$\sum m_ν$(NH) model relative to the $Λ$CDM+$\sum m_ν$(NH) model using CMB+DESI+JWST data. These results suggest that the joint analysis of high-redshift JWST data and low-redshift DESI data provides compelling constraints on neutrino mass and merits further investigation.
title Measuring neutrino masses with joint JWST and DESI DR2 data
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10836