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G. Mangano INFN Napoli NOW 2014

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We know a lot about neutrino properties from lab experiments. We would like to know more exploiting their impact on cosmological and astrophysical observables. Precision Cosmology: precise observations which fit the standard model extremely well. But: as soon as we move away from our comfortable standard? Robust vs. weak predictions: which is the case for neutrino properties ? NOW 2014

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Are there neutrinos in the universe? How many of them? (the long tale of N eff ) Neutrino mass: universe better than labs ? Oscillations and neutrino asymmetries Sterile states ? Any relation with dark matter ? Majorana or Dirac particles ? NOW 2014

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BBN and CMB probe the light particle content at different epochs: both require relativistic species in addition to photons NOW 2014 For BBN: N eff = 3 is a good fit (see later) BBN requires electron neutrinos!

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CMB fixing the angular scale of acoustic peaks and z eq, a larger N eff gives a higher expansion speed, a shorter age of the universe T at recombination. Diffusion length T Sound horizon T N eff = 3 is a good fit (see later) NOW 2014

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Perturbation effects: gravitational feedback of neutrino free streaming damping anisotropic stress contributions c vis :velocity/metric shear anisotropic stress relation (Hu 1998) NOW 2014 Trotta & Melchiorri 2005

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CMB and BBN are quite consistent NOW 2014 Ade et al. 2013 (Planck XVI)

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both 4 He mass fraction Y p and 2 H/H are increasing functions of N eff : change of expansion rate v e distribution crucial in weak rates baryon density basically fixed by CMB! (but still 2 H/H can varies a lot) crucial inputs: experimental values nuclear rates NOW 2014 Cyburt 2004

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4 He still affected by a remarkable systematic uncertainty Recent re-analysis 2 H/H is presently quite well determined, thanks to new very metal poor system measurements (Cooke et al. 2013) NOW 2014 Izotov & Thuan 2010 Aver et al. 2010 Aver etl. 2012 Aver et al. 2013 Izotov & Thuan 2014 Mangano & Serpico 2011

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Several claims, spanning from Evidence for extra neutrinos to No room for extra neutrinos Conservative estimate: N eff < 4 (still !) One example: for Planck baryon density a higher deuterium N eff smaller than 3 (2.7)? Maybe, or a larger S-factor for d(p, ) 3 He, as in the theoretical estimate of Marcucci et al. (2005) NOW 2014

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News from Planck: a narrower 95 % C.L. range for N eff, but still Inconclusive. H 0 problem: NOW 2014 Ade et al. 2013 (Planck XVI) 3.40.7 3.30.5 3.60.5 3.50.5

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Mass bounds Laboratory is still missing! 2 eV for e Katrin wil tell us more (when?) Cosmology blind to neutrino mass till recent times. CMB: For the expected mass range the main effect is around the first acoustic peak due to the early integrated Sachs-Wolfe (ISW) effect; Planck: gravitational lensing. Increasing neutrino mass, increases the expansion rate at z >1 and so suppresses clustering on scales smaller than the horizon size at the nonrelativistic transition (Kaplinghat et al. 2003 ; Lesgourgues et al. 2006 ). Suppression of the CMB lensing potential. NOW 2014

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Total neutrino mass also affects the angular-diameter distance to last scattering, and can be constrained through the angular scale of the rst acoustic peak. Degenerate with (and so the derived H0 ) Including BAO constraint is much tighter: m v < 0.98 eV (CMB) m v < 0.32 eV (CMB + BAO) NOW 2014

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Early times: Kinetic and chemical equilibrium MeV scale (set by G F and m 2 s) : freezing of weak interaction processes distributions mixed up, depending on mixing angles f a slightly distorted N eff = 3.046

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density matrix formalism aa occupation number ab ab ab mixing vac vacuum oscillations: M 2 /2p matter matter term: 2 1/2 G F n i + 8 2 1/2 G F p T 0 0 /3M 2 W,Z C: collisional integral (loss of coherence and distribution re-shuffling) NOW 2014 Stodolski 1987 Raffelt ad Sigl 1993 .

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When oscillations matter: Lepton asymmetries expected quite small in (standard) leptogenesis unless leptogenesis takes place well below the EW breaking scale NOW 2014

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The value of 13 is crucial (and to a minor extent the mass hierarchy) NOW 2014 Pastor et al 2011 GM et al 2012

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T mix >> T dec N eff = 3.046 T mix 3 unless = 0 f a MIXING EQUILIBRIUM f b SINK & SOURCE , e NOW 2014 Pastor, Pinto & Raffelt 2009

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the bounds: scanning all asymmetries compatible with BBN N eff < 3.2 -0.2 (-0.1) 0.15 (0.05) NOW 2014 GM et al 2012

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N eff 3.2 still compatible with slightly degenerate neutrinos N eff 3.2 some extra dark radiation required or higly non-thermal neutrino distribution, or both After Planck I results still inconclusive ! NOW 2014

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Hints for sterile neutrino states from long(short) standing anomalies LSND, MiniBoone Reactor anomaly Gallium anomaly m v eV, sin 2 as 10 2 Too many sterile neutrinos in the early universe, produced via oscillations NOW 2014

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Unless there is a fine tuning, the typical outcome is either too few or too many (and too heavy ! ) 1. The standard case 2. Large lepton asymmetries 3. secret sterile interactions (unlikely 2 for Ockham) NOW 2014

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Planck analysis (Planck XVI 2013) N eff < 3.91 m s < 0.59 eV N eff < 3.80 m s < 0.42 eV (including BAO) NOW 2014

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The standard case (e.g. Mirizzi et al 2013) NOW 2014

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Lepton asymmetry suppresses sterile Production V = 2 G F L v NOW 2014 L v = 10 -4 Mirizzi et al. 2012

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Large sterile self-interactions suppress sterile production due to large potential (Hannestad et al 2013) G X larger than Fermi constant. OK for N eff smaller than 1. BBN ? See Saviano talk NOW 2014 Saviano et al 2014

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Can we distinguish Majorana or Dirac neutrinos from cosmology ? Relativistic regime: NO Structure formation: NO Leptogenesis: YES Direct detection: YES ! (really demanding) NOW 2014

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Neutrino capture on 3 H (PTOLEMY R&D, Katrin too low 3 H mass) e + 3 H e + 3 He Dirac: only the left-helicity neutrinos & anti-neutrinos cannot be captured. Majorana: both left- and right-helicity neutrinos, capture rate doubled PTOLEMY (100g 3 H) :4 events yr -1 Dirac 8 events yr -1 Majorana NOW 2014 Weinberg 1962 Cocco et al 2007 Lunardini et al. 2014

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NOW 2014 What we would like to know about neutrinos ? mass Majorana or Dirac Other neutrinos (sterile, mirror,) Cosmological data are precise today (% level) & Standard cosmological model is extremely on shape !! Beware degeneracies and epicycles !!