CFHTLS weak-lensing constraints on the neutrino masses

Oct, 2008
9 pages
Published in:
  • Astron.Astrophys. 500 (2009) 657-665
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We use measurements of cosmic shear from CFHTLS, combined with WMAP-5 cosmic microwave background anisotropy data, baryonic acoustic oscillations from SDSS and 2dFGRS and supernovae data from SNLS and Gold-set, to constrain the neutrino mass. We obtain a 95% confidence level upper limit of 0.54 eV for the sum of the neutrino masses, and a lower limit of 0.03 eV. The preference for massive neutrinos weakens when shear-measurement systematics are included in the analysis.
  • cosmological parameters
  • Neutrinos
  • large-scale structure of Universe
  • Gravitational lensing
  • cosmic background radiation: anisotropy
  • neutrino: mass
  • supernova
  • baryon: oscillation
  • acoustic
  • statistical analysis