Overview of cosmological constraints on neutrino mass, number, and types

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1 Overview of cosmological constraints on neutrino mass, number, and types Preliminaries Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Large Scale Structure and CMB Brief Comments Supernovae Magnetic Moments Decays Ultra High Energy Neutrinos Leptogenesis Phases P. Langacker NESS02 9/19/02

2 Recent Reviews G. G. Raffelt, Neutrino masses in astroparticle physics, astro-ph/ K. N. Abazajian, Telling three from four neutrinos with cosmology, astro-ph/ S. Hannestad, Neutrino physics from cosmological observations, astro-ph/ K. Kainulainen and K. A. Olive, Astrophysical and cosmological constraints on neutrino masses, hep-ph/ A. D. Dolgov, Neutrinos in cosmology, hepph/ P. Di Bari, Update on neutrino mixing in the early universe, Phys. Rev. D 65, (2002), hep-ph/ G. G. Raffelt, Particle physics from stars, Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 49, 163 (1999) hep-ph/

3 Weyl fermion Preliminaries Minimal (two-component) fermionic degree of freedom ψ L ψr c by CPT Active Neutrino (a.k.a. ordinary, doublet) in SU(2) doublet with charged lepton normal weak interactions ν L νr c by CPT Sterile Neutrino (a.k.a. singlet, right-handed) SU(2) singlet no interactions except by mixing, Higgs, or BSM N R NL c by CPT Almost always present: Are they light? Do they mix? Dirac Mass Connects distinct Weyl spinors (usually active to sterile): (m D ν L N R + h.c.) 4 components, L = 0 I = 1 Higgs doublet 2 Why small? LED? HDO?

4 Majorana Mass Connects Weyl spinor with itself: 1 2 (m T ν L νr c + h.c.) (active); 1 2 (m N S L cn R + h.c.) (sterile) 2 components, L = ±2 Active: I = 1 triplet or seesaw Sterile: I = 0 singlet or bare mass Mixed Masses Majorana and Dirac mass terms Seesaw for m S m D Ordinary-sterile mixing for m S and m D both small and comparable (or m S m d (pseudo- Dirac))

5 3 ν Patterns Solar: LMA favored, LOW possible (VAC, SMA almost excluded) m 2 ( ) ev 2 for LMA Atmospheric: m 2 Atm ev 2, nearmaximal mixing Reactor: U e3 small Mixings: let ν ± 1 2 (ν µ ± ν τ ) ν 3 ν + ν 2 cos θ ν sin θ ν e ν 1 sin θ ν + cos θ ν e Hierarchical pattern Analogous to quarks, charged leptons ββ 0ν rate very small Inverted quasi-degenerate pattern ββ 0ν if Majorana SN1987A energetics (if U e3 0)? May be radiative unstable Degenerate patterns Motivated by CHDM (no longer needed) Strong cancellations needed for ββ 0ν if Majorana May be radiative unstable

6 4 ν Patterns LSND: m 2 LSND 1 (6) ev2 Z lineshape: 2.985(8) active ν s lighter than M Z /2 fourth sterile ν S patterns patterns Pure (ν µ ν s ) excluded for atmospheric by SuperK, MACRO Pure (ν e ν s ) excluded for solar by SNO, SuperK More general admixtures possible, but very poor global fits

7 Parameters Big Bang Nucleosynthesis η = n B /n γ (η Ω b h 2 ) N ν (any new source of energy density, relative to one active ν flavor) ξ e = µ νe /T, related to (n νe n νe )/n γ SBBN: N ν = ξ e = 0 ν e n e p and e + n ν e p keep n n /n p in equilibrium as long as it is rapid enough Freezeout at T 1 MeV, when Γ weak H Γ weak = cg 2 F T 5 H = [ 8π 3 G Nρ ] 1/2 1.66g 1/2 T 2 /M P l g = g B g F, with g F = N ν T n1/2 G 2 F M P l 1/3 n n n p = e (m n m p +µ ν e )/T 4 He 4 He mass fraction: Y p = 4n 4 He depends n H strongly on N ν ( Y p N ν ) and ξ e, weakly on η Y 2 = D depends on η (baryometer) H Independent determination of η from CMB

8 Data High : Y exp p Low : Y exp p = 0.244(2) (IT) = 0.234(3) (OS) High D/H not confirmed (hydrogen interloper?) in absorption of background quasars use Low D/H Ω b h 2 (D/H) = 0.020(2) Ω b h 2 (CMB) 0.020(3) (DASI, BOOMERanG, MAXIMA). Current? Nonstandard BBN Typical range: 1.5 < N ν 0.18ξ e < 0.3 Most contributions to N ν are positive (decaying ν τ could be negative, but small parameter range) Compensations with ξ e > 0 possible N ν 0 for right-handed components of light (ev) Dirac ν unless new BSM physics Produced by mass effects for m ν > 10 kev New weak interactions (OSS): e.g. f f N R N R by Z or Z Z mixing; model dependent, but typically N ν 0.3 (no mixing) or 0.6 (allowed mixing). Suppressed in Z N R N R decoupling limit (BLL, tbp)

9 Ordinary-sterile mixing in 4 ν schemes Produce ν s by oscillations and active scattering (decoherence) N ν 1 Solar SMA into sterile would have been allowed, but not larger m 2 or mixings Self-suppression (BFV,SFA): L 0 could self-generate lepton asymmetries to either (a) suppress sterile production or (b) generate compensating ξ e Self-suppression now excluded for all 3+1 and 2+2 parameters (Di Bari, PR D65). (Also, solar + atm. fits (Maltoni et al, hep-ph/ )). Could save with large (O(1)) preexisting asymmetry or 5th (heavier) sterile ν s

10 Neutrino degeneracy 30 7 ( ) ξi 2 π ( ) ξi 4 π N ν 0.18ξ e = i=e,µ,τ 0.18ξ e compensation possible ξ i also affect CMB (radiation vs matter energy) 0.01 < ξ e < 0.22, ξ µ,τ < 2.6 (Hansen et al, astro-ph/ ) Flavor equilibrium for LMA (and possibly LOW): flavors equilibrate ξ e = ξ µ = ξ τ ξ i < 0.07 irrelevant (verify via Kamland). (LS, astro-ph/ ; Dolgov et al, hep-ph/ ; Wong, hepph/ ; ABB, astro-ph/ ). (Could still compensate large ξ i by other new energy source.)

11 Large Scale Structure (LSS) and CMB Hot Dark Matter (HDM) Ω ν h 2 = l m νi /92.5 ev HDM excluded by free-streaming: not enough time for large structures to fragment Also by Tremaine-Gunn bound on phase space in ν-dominated galaxy m ν > 30 ev (spirals), O(100) ev (dwarfs) Mixed CHDM models, typically Ω matter 1 and i m νi few ev motivated degenerate ν spectra. Now excluded by (a) Ω matter 0.3 (clusters, etc); (b) Ω total = Ω DE + Ω matter 1, DE = dark energy (1st CMB peak); (c) Ω DE 0 (Type Ia supernovae)

12 Small admixture of HDM still possible Free streaming suppresses smaller-scale fluctuations by factor 8Ω ν /Ω matter (HET, astro-ph/ ) 2dF survey: l m νi < ev (depends on priors for other parameters) Future: sensitive to 0.3 ev, in joint study of LSS and CMB (HET) cf. tritium β decay: m ν < 2.4 ev (future: KATRIN, 0.3 ev) Enhanced sensitivity for ξ i 0 Warm dark matter (e.g. 10 kev decaying ν) may still be viable CMB Main ν sensitivity is to ξ i, which contributes to radiation density Future: N ν (present, O(1)) (Bowen et al, astro-ph/ ) Ω b h 2 input to BBN. Joint CMB and BBN analyses of ξ i Needed for full LSS analyses of m ν

13 Supernovae Brief Comments Not important for reviving shock for standard 3 ν r-process not prevented by ν µ ν e and ν e n e p for standard 3 ν SN1987A energetics may disfavor inverted if U e3 0 Limits on energy loss, e.g. for LED, Z N R N R, large Dirac masses, millicharge, µ ν (Dirac) New interactions (e.g. Majoron models) Sterile conversion could help r-process by removing active ν s to prevent ν e n e p Magnetic or Electric Moments Motivated by alternative RSFP Solar ν solution (still viable, even without time dependence) Transition (Majorana); transition or direct (Dirac) He ignition in globular cluster red giants (plasmon decay): µ ν < µ B (all types) µ ν (Dirac) < µ B Radiative decays

14 Neutrino Decays Radiative, ν 2 ν 1 γ: diffuse background from relic ν s; SN1987A radiation Invisible decays (e.g., into Majorons): matter fraction and growth of structure Ultra High Energy Neutrinos Events above GZK cutoff Large ν N interactions at HE (e.g. LED) Z-burst scenarios, probe relic ν for m ν < ev: ν(uhe) ν(relic) Z hadrons Source of HE ν s? Leptogenesis Phases Baryogenesis via leptogenesis is attractive consequence of seesaw model. Caveat: In general, leptogenesis involves new phases not measureable in principle in oscillations of ββ 0ν (may be measurable or constrained in specific models) Dirac leptogenesis possible (MP, hep-ph/ )

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