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利用21厘米森林测量中微子质量的前景

Prospects for measuring neutrino mass with 21-cm forest

Yue Shao, Guo-Hong Du, Tian-Nuo Li, Xin Zhang

AI总结:

本文提出利用21厘米森林作为独特探针,通过其1D功率谱追踪小尺度涨落,在理想情况下可将总中微子质量约束至约0.1 eV,为测量中微子质量提供新途径。

摘要:

粒子物理实验和宇宙学观测都被用于探索中微子的性质。宇宙学对中微子的研究通常依赖于早期宇宙的宇宙微波背景观测或其他晚期宇宙探针,这些探针大多聚焦于大尺度结构。我们引入了一种独特的探针——21厘米森林,它在时间和尺度上都不同于其他探针。实际上,21厘米森林是研究早期宇宙小尺度结构的独特工具。在自由流尺度以下,大质量中微子抑制物质功率谱,影响物质分布中的小尺度涨落。21厘米森林的一维(1D)功率谱可以追踪这些跨尺度的涨落,类似于物质功率谱,为约束中微子质量提供了一种有效方法。尽管早期宇宙的加热效应也可能影响21厘米森林的一维功率谱,但在星际介质温度可通过其他方法在一定范围内约束的前提下,我们评估了21厘米森林作为测量中微子质量工具的潜力。在理想情况下,21厘米森林观测将有能力将总中微子质量约束在约0.1电子伏特左右。随着观测数据的积累和观测技术的进步,21厘米森林有望成为测量中微子质量的一种新兴而有力的工具。

英文摘要:

Both particle physics experiments and cosmological observations have been used to explore neutrino properties. Cosmological researches of neutrinos often rely on the early-universe cosmic microwave background observations or other late-universe probes, which mostly focus on large-scale structures. We introduce a distinct probe, the 21-cm forest, that differs from other probes in both time and scale. Actually, the 21-cm forest is a unique tool for studying small-scale structures in the early universe. Below the free-streaming scale, massive neutrinos suppress the matter power spectrum, influencing small-scale fluctuations in the distribution of matter. The one-dimensional (1D) power spectrum of the 21-cm forest can track these fluctuations across different scales, similar to the matter power spectrum, providing an effective method to constrain neutrino mass. Although heating effects in the early universe can also impact the 1D power spectrum of the 21-cm forest, we assess the potential of the 21-cm forest as a tool for measuring neutrino mass, given that the temperature of the intergalactic medium can be constrained using other methods within a certain range. In the ideal scenario, the 21-cm forest observation will have the ability to constrain the total neutrino mass to around 0.1 eV. With the accumulation of observational data and advancements in observational technology, the 21-cm forest holds great promise as an emerging and potent tool for measuring neutrino mass.

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