Non-Thermal Dark Matter Mimicking An Additional Neutrino Species In The Early Universe

• Main Authors: Hooper, Dan, Queiroz, Farinaldo S., Gnedin, Nickolay Y.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2011
• Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics astro-ph.CO; High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena astro-ph.HE; High Energy Physics - Phenomenology hep-ph; FOS Physical sciences; South Pole; Wilkinson; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1111.6599; https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.6599

The South Pole Telescope (SPT), Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), and Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) have each reported measurements of the cosmic microwave background's (CMB) angular power spectrum which favor the existence of roughly one additional neutrino species, in addition...