The connection between cosmology and neutrino physics

Abstract

Cosmology provides a unique and very powerful laboratory for testing neutrino physics. Here, I review the current status of cosmological neutrino measurements. Future prospects are also discussed, with particular emphasis on the interplay with experimental neutrino physics. Finally I discuss the possibility of a direct detection of the cosmic neutrino background and its associated anisotropy.

Comments: 8 pages, 4 figures, contribution to the Workshop "European Strategy for Future Neutrino Physics", CERN, oct.2009, to appear in the proceedings