Re: Different neutrino mass may suppress galaxy formation
Posted by cougar on May 04, 2003 at 11:24
(67.40.100.61)Re: Anthropic predictions for neutrino masses (Anthropic predictions for neutrino masses)
"In this paper, we will investigate the possibility that mv [the combined mass of all three neutrino flavors] is a stochastic variable taking different values in different parts of the Universe and that the observed value is anthropically selected."
This seems an odd matter to investigate. I guess the notable point here is: If the combined neutrino mass was much different, galaxy formation would be suppressed, and humans would not likely be around to investigate such things. And I suppose that goes some distance to explain why mv is so close (?) to the baryonic component. (They differ by about one and a half orders of magnitude.) Unless I'm missing something, which is very possible, this does not seem to be too remarkable a paper.