Probing dark relativistic species and their interactions with dark matter through CMB and 21 cm surveys

H Plombat, T Simon, J Flitter… - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the sensitivity of the 21 cm power spectrum from cosmic dawn and the epoch
of reionization to models of free-streaming dark radiation (parameterized through N eff) and …

Does it matter? A more careful treatment of density fluctuations in 21-cm simulations

J Flitter, S Libanore, ED Kovetz - arxiv preprint arxiv:2411.00089, 2024 - arxiv.org
The cosmological 21-cm signal is sourced from hyperfine transitions in neutral hydrogen
atoms. Yet, although hydrogen atoms belong to the sub-class of baryonic matter, it is …

Free-Streaming Neutrinos and Their Phase Shift in Current and Future CMB Power Spectra

G Montefalcone, B Wallisch, K Freese - arxiv preprint arxiv:2501.13788, 2025 - arxiv.org
The cosmic neutrino background and other light relics leave distinct imprints in the cosmic
microwave background anisotropies through their gravitational influence. Since neutrinos …

Reconstructing patchy helium reionization using the cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure

M Çalışkan, NA Kumar, SC Hotinli… - Journal of Cosmology …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The intergalactic helium became fully ionized by the end of cosmic noon (z∼ 2). Similarly to
the reionization of hydrogen, helium reionization is expected to be patchy, driven by …