Natural Neutrino Dark Energy

Abstract

A new class of neutrino dark energy models is presented. The new models are characterized by the lack of exotic particles or couplings that violate the standard model symmetry. It is shown that these models lead to several concrete predictions for the dark energy equation of state, as well as possible effects on the cosmic structure formation. These predictions, can be verified (or disproved) with future experiments. At this point, the strongest constraints on these models are obtained from big bang nucleosynthesis, and lead to new bounds on the mass of the lightest neutrino.