Constraining the Self-Interacting Neutrino Interpretation of the Hubble Tension
Abstract
Large, nonstandard neutrino self-interactions have been shown to resolve the ~4σ tension in Hubble constant measurements and a milder tension in the amplitude of matter fluctuations. Herein we demonstrate that interactions of the necessary size imply the existence of a force carrier with a large neutrino coupling (>10-4) and mass in the keV–100 MeV range. This mediator is subject to stringent cosmological and laboratory bounds, and we find that nearly all realizations of such a particle are excluded by existing data unless it carries spin 0 and couples almost exclusively to $$τ$$-flavored neutrinos. Furthermore, we find that the light neutrinos must be Majorana particles, and that a UV-complete model requires a nonminimal mechanism to simultaneously generate neutrino masses and appreciable self-interactions.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1545086
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1905.02727; FERMILAB-PUB-19-175-A-T; arXiv:1905.02727v2
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; oai:inspirehep.net:1733842
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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Blinov, Nikita, Kelly, Kevin J., Krnjaic, Gordan, and McDermott, Samuel D. Constraining the Self-Interacting Neutrino Interpretation of the Hubble Tension. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.191102.
Blinov, Nikita, Kelly, Kevin J., Krnjaic, Gordan, & McDermott, Samuel D. Constraining the Self-Interacting Neutrino Interpretation of the Hubble Tension. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.191102
Blinov, Nikita, Kelly, Kevin J., Krnjaic, Gordan, and McDermott, Samuel D. Thu .
"Constraining the Self-Interacting Neutrino Interpretation of the Hubble Tension". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.191102. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1545086.
@article{osti_1545086,
title = {Constraining the Self-Interacting Neutrino Interpretation of the Hubble Tension},
author = {Blinov, Nikita and Kelly, Kevin J. and Krnjaic, Gordan and McDermott, Samuel D.},
abstractNote = {Large, nonstandard neutrino self-interactions have been shown to resolve the ~4σ tension in Hubble constant measurements and a milder tension in the amplitude of matter fluctuations. Herein we demonstrate that interactions of the necessary size imply the existence of a force carrier with a large neutrino coupling (>10-4) and mass in the keV–100 MeV range. This mediator is subject to stringent cosmological and laboratory bounds, and we find that nearly all realizations of such a particle are excluded by existing data unless it carries spin 0 and couples almost exclusively to $τ$-flavored neutrinos. Furthermore, we find that the light neutrinos must be Majorana particles, and that a UV-complete model requires a nonminimal mechanism to simultaneously generate neutrino masses and appreciable self-interactions.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.191102},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 19,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {11}
}
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