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arxiv: 1401.7597 · v1 · pith:7TNEVV5Dnew · submitted 2014-01-29 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO · hep-ph

Constraining Dark Matter-Neutrino Interactions using the CMB and Large-Scale Structure

Ryan J. Wilkinson , Celine Boehm , Julien Lesgourgues This is my paper
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We present a new study on the elastic scattering cross section of dark matter (DM) and neutrinos using the latest cosmological data from Planck and large-scale structure experiments. We find that the strongest constraints are set by the Lyman-alpha forest, giving sigma_{DM-neutrino} < 10^{-33} (m_DM/GeV) cm^2 if the cross section is constant and a present-day value of sigma_{DM-neutrino} < 10^{-45} (m_DM/GeV) cm^2 if it scales as the temperature squared. These are the most robust limits on DM-neutrino interactions to date, demonstrating that one can use the distribution of matter in the Universe to probe dark ("invisible") interactions. Additionally, we show that scenarios involving thermal MeV DM and a constant elastic scattering cross section naturally predict (i) a cut-off in the matter power spectrum at the Lyman-alpha scale, (ii) N_eff ~ 3.5 +/- 0.4, (iii) H_0 ~ 71 +/- 3 km/s/Mpc and (iv) the possible generation of neutrino masses.

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