# Relativistic bias in neutrino cosmologies

## TL;DR

This paper investigates how massive neutrinos affect the bias of halos and galaxies in the universe, revealing scale-dependent features and signatures at the neutrino free-streaming scale using a relativistic spherical collapse model.

## Contribution

It introduces a relativistic model of neutrino-induced bias in structure formation, highlighting scale-dependent effects and the importance of individual neutrino masses.

## Key findings

- Identifies a characteristic signature at the neutrino free-streaming scale.
- Shows that neutrino bias opposes matter suppression due to free-streaming.
- Demonstrates sensitivity of bias to individual neutrino masses.

## Abstract

Halos and galaxies are tracers of the underlying dark matter structures. While their bias is well understood in the case of a simple Universe composed dominantly of dark matter, the relation becomes more complex in the presence of massive neutrinos. Indeed massive neutrinos introduce rich dynamics in the process of structure formation leading to scale-dependent bias. We study this process from the perspective of general relativity employing a simple spherical collapse model. We find a characteristic signature at the neutrino free-streaming scale in addition to a large-scale feature from general relativity. The scale-dependent halo bias opposes the suppression in the matter distribution due to neutrino free-streaming and leads to corrections of a few percent in the halo power spectrum. It is not only sensitive to the sum of the neutrino-masses, but respond to the individual masses. Accurate models for the neutrino bias are a crucial ingredient for the future data analysis and play an important role in constraining the neutrino masses.