26–29 Sept 2017
DESY Hamburg
Europe/Berlin timezone

Cosmological neutrino weighing with the next generation of surveys

27 Sept 2017, 14:51
17m
Seminar room 4b (DESY Hamburg)

Seminar room 4b

DESY Hamburg

Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg

Speaker

Mr Thejs Brinckmann (RWTH Aachen)

Description

Cosmological experiments are exceptionally sensitive to the sum of neutrino masses. Future surveys have the potential to provide a precise measurement of the total neutrino mass, or to establish the neutrino hierarchy. To reliably estimate this, it is crucial to properly account for parameter degeneracies, i.e. how measurements improve or deteriorate with different physical models, such as dynamical dark energy or extra relativistic species. With this in mind, I will present sensitivity forecasts for CMB and LSS surveys, and updated bounds from current data.

Primary author

Mr Thejs Brinckmann (RWTH Aachen)

Co-author

Prof. Julien Lesgourgues (RWTH Aachen)

Presentation materials