Dark Radiation Emerging After Big Bang Nucleosynthesis?
arXiv:1011.3501 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.83.063520
Abstract
We show how recent data from observations of the cosmic microwave background may suggest the presence of additional radiation density which appeared after big bang nucleosynthesis. We propose a general scheme by which this radiation could be produced from the decay of non-relativistic matter, we place constraints on the properties of such matter, and we give specific examples of scenarios in which this general scheme may be realized.
v3: 5 pages, 1 figure. References added, typos corrected, notation changed throughout. v2: 5 pages, 1 figure. Reformatted, references added, acknowledgments updated, effect of radiation on CMB clarified. v1: 11 pages, 1 figure
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