%0 Generic %1 Kristiansen2011 %A Kristiansen, Jostein R. %A Elgaroy, Oystein %D 2011 %K Constant Cosmological Dark Energy Neutrinos %T Reactor sterile neutrinos, dark energy and the age of the universe %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.0704 %X There are indications that the neutrino oscillation data from reactor experiments and the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments show a preference for two sterile neutrino species, both with masses in the eV region. We show that this result has a significant impact on some important cosmological parameters. Specifically, we use a combination of CMB, LSS and SN1A data and show that the existence of two light, sterile neutrinos would rule out the cosmological constant as dark energy at 95% confidence level, and lower the expansion age of the universe to 12.58 0.26 Gyr.

@misc{Kristiansen2011, abstract = { There are indications that the neutrino oscillation data from reactor experiments and the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments show a preference for two sterile neutrino species, both with masses in the eV region. We show that this result has a significant impact on some important cosmological parameters. Specifically, we use a combination of CMB, LSS and SN1A data and show that the existence of two light, sterile neutrinos would rule out the cosmological constant as dark energy at 95% confidence level, and lower the expansion age of the universe to 12.58 \pm 0.26 Gyr. }, added-at = {2011-04-06T17:43:32.000+0200}, author = {Kristiansen, Jostein R. and Elgaroy, Oystein}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21c434f46e5363babc7f4ee91cb917918/ad4}, description = {Reactor sterile neutrinos, dark energy and the age of the universe}, interhash = {3bcb5cfcf84654716b426fa3466d3850}, intrahash = {1c434f46e5363babc7f4ee91cb917918}, keywords = {Constant Cosmological Dark Energy Neutrinos}, note = {cite arxiv:1104.0704 Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures}, timestamp = {2011-04-06T17:43:32.000+0200}, title = {Reactor sterile neutrinos, dark energy and the age of the universe}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.0704}, year = 2011 }