Neutrino-assisted early dark energy: theory and cosmology

Carrillo González, Mariana; Liang, Qiuyue; Sakstein, Jeremy; Trodden, Mark

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2021/04/063

Neutrino-assisted early dark energy: theory and cosmology

Journal Article · 01 April 2021 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/04/063· OSTI ID:1851814

Carrillo González, Mariana; Liang, Qiuyue; Sakstein, Jeremy; Trodden, Mark

Abstract

The tension between measurements of the Hubble constant obtained at different redshifts may provide a hint of new physics active in the relatively early universe, around the epoch of matter-radiation equality. A leading paradigm to resolve the tension is a period of early dark energy, in which a scalar field contributes a subdominant part of the energy budget of the universe at this time. This scenario faces significant fine-tuning problems which can be ameliorated by a non-trivial coupling of the scalar to the standard model neutrinos. These become non-relativistic close to the time of matter-radiation equality, resulting in an energy injection into the scalar that kick-starts the early dark energy phase, explaining its coincidence with this seemingly unrelated epoch. We present a minimal version of this neutrino-assisted early dark energy model, and perform a detailed analysis of its predictions and theoretical constraints. We consider both particle physics constraints — that the model constitute a well-behaved effective field theory for which the quantum corrections are under control, so that the relevant predictions are within its regime of validity — and the constraints provided by requiring a consistent cosmological evolution from early through to late times. Our work paves the way for testing this scenario using cosmological data sets.

Research Organization:: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0013528

OSTI ID:: 1851814

Journal Information:: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2021, Issue 04; ISSN 1475-7516

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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