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PIRSA:22060004

Can Radio sky reveal primordial electron-proton interactions?

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Ramirez-Quezada, M. (2022). Can Radio sky reveal primordial electron-proton interactions? . Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/22060004

Maura Ramirez-Quezada University of Sydney

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Abstract

The cosmic radio background (CRB) contains diffuse, discrete and cosmological emission sources from the universe. In this talk, I will discuss  wether an additional contribution coming from low frequency photons is produced by free-free emission during the recombination era of the univers. These photons do not readily thermalise with the electron-proton plasma and therefore might  survive as a small non-thermal relic in the current universe.  Inclusion of such a contribution can alleviate the observed tension between existing CRB models and explain radio source counts between $100 MHz$ to $10 GHz$ to a very high degree of precision.  I will also discuss the challenges and future work we must considere in order to establish wether the signal is created or not.

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