$\nu\scriptstyle{\rm CO}N{\rm CEPT}$: Cosmological neutrino simulations from the non-linear Boltzmann hierarchy

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In this paper the non-linear effect of massive neutrinos on cosmological structures is studied in a conceptually new way.

• We have solved the non-linear continuity and Euler equations for the neutrinos on a grid in real space in $N$-body simulations, and closed the Boltzmann hierarchy at the non-linear Euler equation using the stress and pressure perturbations from linear theory.
• By comparing with state-of-the art cosmological neutrino simulations, we are able to simulate the non-linear neutrino power spectrum very accurately.
• This translates into a negligible error in the matter power spectrum, and so our $\scriptstyle{\rm CO}N{\rm CEPT}$ code is ideally suited for extracting the neutrino mass from future high precision non-linear observational probes such as Euclid.