Neutrino clustering in the Milky Way and beyond
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Neutrino clustering in the Milky Way and beyond

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Neutrino clustering in the Milky Way and beyond

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dc.contributor.author Mertsch, P.
dc.contributor.author Parimbelli, G.
dc.contributor.author Fernández de Salas, Pablo
dc.contributor.author Gariazzo, Stefano
dc.contributor.author Lesgourgues, Julien
dc.contributor.author Pastor Carpi, Sergio
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-02T08:47:59Z
dc.date.available 2021-01-03T05:45:07Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.citation Mertsch, P. Parimbelli, G. Fernández de Salas, Pablo Gariazzo, Stefano Lesgourgues, Julien Pastor Carpi, Sergio 2020 Neutrino clustering in the Milky Way and beyond Journal Of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics 01 015-1 015-22
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10550/74802
dc.description.abstract The standard cosmological model predicts the existence of a Cosmic Neutrino Background, which has not yet been observed directly. Some experiments aiming at its detection are currently under development, despite the tiny kinetic energy of the cosmological relic neutrinos, which makes this task incredibly challenging. Since massive neutrinos are attracted by the gravitational potential of our Galaxy, they can cluster locally. Neutrinos should be more abundant at the Earth position than at an average point in the Universe. This fact may enhance the expected event rate in any future experiment. Past calculations of the local neutrino clustering factor only considered a spherical distribution of matter in the Milky Way and neglected the influence of other nearby objects like the Virgo cluster, although recent N-body simulations suggest that the latter may actually be important. In this paper, we adopt a back-tracking technique, well established in the calculation of cosmic rays fluxes, to perform the first three-dimensional calculation of the number density of relic neutrinos at the Solar System, taking into account not only the matter composition of the Milky Way, but also the contribution of the Andromeda galaxy and the Virgo cluster. The effect of Virgo is indeed found to be relevant and to depend non-trivially on the value of the neutrino mass. Our results show that the local neutrino density is enhanced by 0.53% for a neutrino mass of 10 meV, 12% for 50 meV, 50% for 100 meV or 500% for 300 meV.
dc.language.iso eng
dc.relation.ispartof Journal Of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics, 2020, vol. 01, p. 015-1-015-22
dc.subject Cosmologia
dc.subject Astrofísica
dc.title Neutrino clustering in the Milky Way and beyond
dc.type journal article es_ES
dc.date.updated 2020-06-02T08:47:59Z
dc.identifier.doi 10.1088/1475-7516/2020/01/015
dc.identifier.idgrec 139272
dc.embargo.terms 1 year
dc.rights.accessRights open access es_ES

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