Neutrino mass and dark energy constraints from redshift-space distortions

Understand

Cosmology in the near future promises a measurement of the sum of neutrino masses, a fundamental Standard Model parameter, as well as substantially-improved constraints on the dark energy.

• We use the shape of the BOSS redshift-space galaxy power spectrum, in combination with CMB and supernova data, to constrain the neutrino masses and the dark energy.
• Essential to this calculation are several recent advances in non-linear cosmological perturbation theory, including FFT methods, redshift space distortions, and scale-dependent growth.
• Our 95% confidence upper bound of 180 meV on the sum of masses degrades substantially to 540 meV when the dark energy equation of state and its first derivative are also allowed to vary, representing a significant challenge to current constraints.