activity
20242026
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8 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

Constraining self-interacting ultrahigh-energy muon neutrinos by cosmic microwave background spectral distortion

Pravin Kumar Natwariya, Shibsankar Si, Alekha C. Nayak +1

The neutrino telescopes have firmly established the existence of ultrahigh-energy neutrinos. Observations of these neutrinos offer a unique probe of neutrino self-interactions. Thi…

astro-ph.CO2026

Dark ages bounds on non-accreting massive compact halo objects

Vivekanand Mohapatra, Alekha C. Nayak

We derive a complementary cosmological upper bound on the fraction of dark matter residing inside massive compact halo objects (MACHOs) using the cosmic dawn and dark ages global 2…

astro-ph.CO2026

Constraining Primordial Black Holes via p-wave annihilation in light of CMB Spectral Distortion and 21-cm global signal

Shibsankar Si, Pravin Kumar Natwariya, Alekha C. Nayak

Primordial black holes (PBHs) can form spike density halos through the accretion of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). In these halos, the enhanced density significantly…

astro-ph.CO2025

Revisiting constraints on superconducting cosmic strings in light of Dark Ages global 21-cm signal

Shibsankar Si, Vivekanand Mohapatra, Pravin kumar Natwariya +1

The Superconducting Cosmic Strings (SCS) are a special case of cosmic strings that have a core carrying a charged field. When SCS passes through magnetized regions, the charged par…

astro-ph.CO2025

Bounds on decaying sterile neutrinos via magnetic dipole moment from COB intensity

Hriditi Howlader, Vivekanand Mohapatra, Alekha C. Nayak +1

A recent observation by Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) mounted on NASA's New Horizons yielded the most accurate measurement of the cosmic optical background (COB). The re…

astro-ph.CO2025

In Search of Global 21-cm Signal using Artificial Neural Network in light of ARCADE 2

Vivekanand Mohapatra, Johnny J, Pravin Kumar Natwariya +2

Understanding the astrophysical nature of the first stars remains an unsolved problem in cosmology. The redshifted global 21-cm signal acts as a treasure trove to prob…