CMB constraints on Lorentz violation in the neutrino sector Zong-Kuan Guo (ITP, CAS) Weihai August 13, 2012
outline motivations deformed dispersion relation Boltzmann equation cosmological constraints remarks This talk is based on ZKG, Q-G Huang, R-G Cai, Y-Z Zhang, PRD in press [arXiv: ]
motivations neutrino oscillations neutrinos influence the CMB (massive or massless) neutrinos influence the LSS
the deformed dispersion relation the scalar perturbations of the FLRW metric in the synchronous gauge
the action in the first-order formalism the Lagrangian in the synchronous gauge
the number density, energy density and pressure the perturbed energy density, pressure, energy flux and shear stress
the Boltzmann equation
the initial conditions
cosmological constraints
remarks Compared to particle physics experiments, cosmological observations yield much weaker constraints on the Lorentz-violation parameter in the neutrino sector. We neglects neutrino oscillations, possible species dependence, anisotropies associated with violations of rotation symmetry, and CPT violation.
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