Big bang nucleosynthesis constraints on sterile neutrino and lepton asymmetry of the Universe
Journal Article
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· Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa (Japan)
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa (Japan)
We consider the cosmological effects of sterile neutrinos with the masses of 150–450 MeV. The decay of sterile neutrinos changes the thermal history of the Universe and affects the energy density of radiation at the recombination and the big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) results. We derive severe constraints on the parameters of sterile neutrinos from the primordial abundances of helium-4 and deuterium. We also find that in a particular model the constraints can be considerably relaxed by assuming a large lepton asymmetry in the active neutrinos. In this case, the consistent parameters result in Neff ≃ 3.2–3.4 and can alleviate the Hubble tension.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0009937
- OSTI ID:
- 1735476
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2020, Issue 09; ISSN 1475-7516
- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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