Constraints on massive sterile plus active neutrino species in non minimal cosmologies

Abstract

Cosmological measurements are affected by the energy density of both active and sterile massive neutrinos. We extend here a recent analysis of current cosmological data to non minimal cosmologies. Several possible scenarios are examined: a constant w \neq -1 dark energy equation of state, a non flat universe, a time varying dark energy component and coupled dark matter dark energy universes or modified gravity scenarios. When considering cosmological data only, (3+2) massive neutrino models with ~0.5 eV sterile species are allowed at 95% CL. This scenario has been shown to reconcile reactor, LSND and MiniBooNE positive signals with null results from other searches. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis bounds could compromise the viability of (3+2) models if the two sterile species are fully thermalized states at decoupling.

8 pages, 5 figures

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