New upper limit on the total neutrino mass from the 2 degree field galaxy redshift survey

O. Elgary, O. Lahav, W. J. Percival, J. A. Peacock, D. S. Madgwick, S. L. Bridle, C. M. Baugh, I. K. Baldry, J. Bland-Hawthorn, T. Bridges, R. Cannon, S. Cole, M. Colless, C. Collins, W. Couch, G. Dalton, R. De Propris, S. P. Driver, G. P. Efstathiou, R. S. EllisC. S. Frenk, K. Glazebrook, C. Jackson, I. Lewis, S. Lumsden, S. Maddox, P. Norberg, B. A. Peterson, W. Sutherland, K. Taylor

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    Abstract

    The shape of the 2 Degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) power spectrum was analyzed to obtain an upper bound on the fractional contribution of massive neutrinos to the total mass density, fv. An upper limit fv > 0.13 at 95% confidence level for 0.1>Ωm was found.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)061301/4
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume89
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 5 Aug 2002

    Keywords

    • Dark matter
    • Neutrino mass and mixing
    • Distances
    • redshifts
    • radial velocities
    • spatial distribution of galaxies
    • Observational cosmology

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