CMB spectral distortions as a novel way to probe the small-scale structure problems

Abstract

In this work we consider CMB spectral distortions as a probe of dark matter microphysics in the early universe. We demonstrate that future experiments such as PRISM have the potential to distinguish between scenarios which offer solutions to the small-scale problems of CDM cosmology.

Comments: 5 pages, 4 figures. Prepared as Conference Proceedings for TAUP 2017. Manuscript based on work presented previously in arXiv:1707.07050