Massive Neutrinos and Galaxy Formation

Abstract

We report the most recent results from high-resolution numerical simulations of structure formation in two flat cold+hot dark matter models with neutrino mass densities $\onu=0.2$ and 0.3. We find that structure forms too late in all CDM+HDM models with $\onu>0.2$ to account for the amount of dense neutral gas in high-redshift damped Lyman-$α$ systems. The $\onu=0.2$ model at $z\approx0$ provides a better match to observations than the pure CDM model.