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The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey:signs of neutrino mass in current cosmological data sets
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey:signs of neutrino mass in current cosmological data sets
- Source :
- Beutler, F, Saito, S, Brownstein, J R, Chuang, C-H, Cuesta, A J, Percival, W J, Ross, A J, Ross, N P, Schneider, D P, Samushia, L, Sanchez, A G, Seo, H-J, Tinker, J L, Wagner, C & Weaver, B A 2014, ' The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey : signs of neutrino mass in current cosmological data sets ', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 444, no. 4, pp. 3501-3516 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1702, Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname, Dipòsit Digital de la UB, Universidad de Barcelona
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- We investigate the cosmological implications of the latest growth of structure measurement from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) CMASS Data Release 11 with particular focus on the sum of the neutrino masses, $\sum m_{\nu}$. We examine the robustness of the cosmological constraints from the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) scale, the Alcock-Paczynski effect and redshift-space distortions ($D_V/r_s$, $F_{\rm AP}$, $f\sigma_8$) of \citet{Beutler:2013b}, when introducing a neutrino mass in the power spectrum template. We then discuss how the neutrino mass relaxes discrepancies between the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and other low-redshift measurements within $\Lambda$CDM. Combining our cosmological constraints with WMAP9 yields $\sum m_{\nu} = 0.36\pm0.14\,$eV ($68\%$ c.l.), which represents a $2.6\sigma$ preference for non-zero neutrino mass. The significance can be increased to $3.3\sigma$ when including weak lensing results and other BAO constraints, yielding $\sum m_{\nu} = 0.35\pm0.10\,$eV ($68\%$ c.l.). However, combining CMASS with Planck data reduces the preference for neutrino mass to $\sim 2\sigma$. When removing the CMB lensing effect in the Planck temperature power spectrum (by marginalising over $A_{\rm L}$), we see shifts of $\sim 1\sigma$ in $\sigma_8$ and $\Omega_m$, which have a significant effect on the neutrino mass constraints. In case of CMASS plus Planck without the $A_{\rm L}$-lensing signal, we find a preference for a neutrino mass of $\sum m_{\nu} = 0.34\pm 0.14\,$eV ($68\%$ c.l.), in excellent agreement with the WMAP9+CMASS value. The constraint can be tightened to $3.4\sigma$ yielding $\sum m_{\nu} = 0.36\pm 0.10\,$eV ($68\%$ c.l.) when weak lensing data and other BAO constraints are included.<br />Comment: 17 pages, 19 figures
- Subjects :
- Cosmology and Gravitation
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
Cosmic microwave background
Cosmic background radiation
FOS: Physical sciences
Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Expanding universe
Cosmology
symbols.namesake
surveys
Expansió de l'univers
Observacions astronòmiques
Neutrins
Planck
Neutrinos
cosmological parameters
Weak gravitational lensing
Physics
Cosmologia
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Planck temperature
observations [cosmology]
Baryon
Space and Planetary Science
symbols
High Energy Physics::Experiment
large-scale structure of Universe
Neutrino
Astronomical observations
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Subjects
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Beutler, F, Saito, S, Brownstein, J R, Chuang, C-H, Cuesta, A J, Percival, W J, Ross, A J, Ross, N P, Schneider, D P, Samushia, L, Sanchez, A G, Seo, H-J, Tinker, J L, Wagner, C & Weaver, B A 2014, ' The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey : signs of neutrino mass in current cosmological data sets ', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 444, no. 4, pp. 3501-3516 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1702, Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname, Dipòsit Digital de la UB, Universidad de Barcelona
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e7c78e321674bdfb672429f1a15dcdf1
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1702