Cosmological Implications of Neutrinos

Abstract

The lectures describe several cosmological effects produced by neutrinos. Upper and lower cosmological limits on neutrino mass are derived. The role that neutrinos may play in formation of large scale structure of the universe is described and neutrino mass limits are presented. Effects of neutrinos on cosmological background radiation and on big bang nucleosynthesis are discussed. Limits on the number of neutrino flavors and mass/mixing are given.

Comments: 41 page, 7 figures; lectures presented at ITEP Winter School, February, 2002; to be published in the Proceedings