Abstract:
The latest results from the WMAP satellite confirm
the success of the Lambda CDM model, where approximately 75 % of the
mass-energy density is in the form of Dark Energy, and matter, most
of it in the form of Cold Dark Matter (CDM) making up the remaining
25 %. Neutrinos with masses on the eV scale or below will be a hot
component of the dark matter and will free-stream out of
overdensities and
thus wipe out small-scale structures. This fact makes it possible to
use observations of the clustering of matter in the universe to put
upper bounds on the neutrino masses.
Present cosmological neutrino mass limits make use of the suppression
effect of the neutrino free-streaming at a fixed, given redshift.
As our ability to map out the mass distribution at different epochs
of the cosmic history improves, by doing, e.g., weak lensing
tomography, we will gain sensitivity by in addition using the effect
of massive neutrinos on the growth rate of density fluctuations. One
key issue which then arises is possible
degeneracies between neutrino masses and cosmological parameters.
We study the degeneracies between neutrino mass and Dark Energy as
they manifest themselves in cosmological observations.