Inflation meets neutrinos

Abstract

Constraints on inflationary models typically assume only the standard models of cosmology and particle physics. By extending the neutrino sector to include a new interaction with a light scalar mediator ($m_{\varphi }\sim$MeV), it is possible to relax these constraints, in particular via opening up regions of the parameter space of the spectral index $n_s$. These new interactions can be probed at IceCube via interactions of astrophysical neutrinos with the Cosmic Neutrino Background for nearly all of the relevant parameter space.

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