Refitting cosmological data with neutrino mass and degeneracy

Abstract

A simple and natural extension of the standard Lambda cold dark matter ($\Lambda$CDM) model is to allow relic neutrinos to have finite chemical potentials. We confront this $\Lambda$CDM$\xi$ model, a $\Lambda$CDM with neutrino mass $M_{\nu }$ and degeneracy ${\xi }_3$ as additional parameters, with various cosmological data sets. We find that the $H_0$ and $S_8$ tensions become significant only in the presence of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization data. Specifically, the global and local measurements agree to within 0.8$\sigma$ and 1.6$\sigma$ for the $H_0$ and $S_8$ tensions, respectively, when the CMB polarization data are not included. Therefore, the $H_0$ and $S_8$ tensions exist between CMB temperature and polarization data, both being global measurements. Fitting the $\Lambda$CDM$\xi$ model to the CMB temperature data, we find 3$\sigma$ evidence for nonzero neutrino mass ($M_{\nu }=0.57_{-0.13}^{+0.17}\mathrm{eV}$) and degeneracy (${\xi }_3=1.13_{-0.19}^{+0.41}$), and the O(1) neutrino degeneracy parameter is compatible with Big Bang nucleosynthesis data. The scalar index $n_s$ exceeds 1 slightly, which is compatible with some hybrid inflation models. Furthermore, the recent DESI baryon acoustic oscillation data prefer the $\Lambda$CDM$\xi$ model to the Planck $\Lambda$CDM model. Similar results are obtained when including additional supernova data, while the inclusion of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope $\tau$ prior shifts the preferred $M_{\nu }$ and ${\xi }_3$ values closer to zero and brings $n_s$ back to the values favored when the polarization data are included.

16 pages, 4 main + 2 appendix figures, accepted for publication in ApJL

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