scholarly journals Flavour effects in gravitational leptogenesis

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rome Samanta ◽  
Satyabrata Datta
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrum ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Lepton Number ◽  
Type I ◽  
Lepton Asymmetry ◽  
Seesaw Mechanism ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Right ◽  
Lepton Number Violating

Abstract Within the Type-I seesaw mechanism, quantum effects of the right-handed (RH) neutrinos in the gravitational background lead to an asymmetric propagation of lepton and anti-leptons which induces a Ricci scalar and neutrino Dirac-Yukawa coupling dependent chemical potential and therefore a lepton asymmetry in equilibrium. At high temperature, lepton number violating scattering processes try to maintain a dynamically generated lepton asymmetry in equilibrium. However, when the temperature drops down, the interactions become weaker, and the asymmetry freezes out. The frozen out asymmetry can act as a pre-existing asymmetry prior to the standard Fukugita-Yanagida leptogenesis phase (Ti ∼ Mi, where Mi is the mass of ith RH neutrino). It is then natural to consider the viability of gravitational leptogenesis for a given RH mass spectrum which is not consistent with successful leptogenesis from decays. Primary threat to this gravity-induced lepton asymmetry to be able to successfully reproduce the observed baryon-to-photon ratio is the lepton number violating washout processes at Ti ∼ Mi. In a minimal seesaw set up with two RH neutrinos, these washout processes are strong enough to erase a pre-existing asymmetry of significant magnitude. We show that when effects of flavour on the washout processes are taken into account, the mechanism opens up the possibility of successful leptogenesis (gravitational) for a mass spectrum M2 » 109GeV » M1 with M1 ≳ 6.3 × 106 GeV. We then briefly discuss how, in general, the mechanism leaves its imprints on the low energy CP phases and absolute light neutrino mass scale.

scholarly journals Relaxing cosmological neutrino mass bounds with unstable neutrinos

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Escudero ◽  
Jacobo Lopez-Pavon ◽  
Nuria Rius ◽  
Stefan Sandner
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Goldstone Boson ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Simple Extension ◽  
Type I ◽  
Mass Generation ◽  
Age Of The Universe ◽  
Neutrino Mass Models ◽  
The Right

Abstract At present, cosmological observations set the most stringent bound on the neutrino mass scale. Within the standard cosmological model (ΛCDM), the Planck collaboration reports ∑mv< 0.12 eV at 95 % CL. This bound, taken at face value, excludes many neutrino mass models. However, unstable neutrinos, with lifetimes shorter than the age of the universe τν ≲ tU, represent a particle physics avenue to relax this constraint. Motivated by this fact, we present a taxonomy of neutrino decay modes, categorizing them in terms of particle content and final decay products. Taking into account the relevant phenomenological bounds, our analysis shows that 2-body decaying neutrinos into BSM particles are a promising option to relax cosmological neutrino mass bounds. We then build a simple extension of the type I seesaw scenario by adding one sterile state ν4 and a Goldstone boson ϕ, in which νi→ ν4ϕ decays can loosen the neutrino mass bounds up to ∑mv ∼ 1 eV, without spoiling the light neutrino mass generation mechanism. Remarkably, this is possible for a large range of the right-handed neutrino masses, from the electroweak up to the GUT scale. We successfully implement this idea in the context of minimal neutrino mass models based on a U(1)μ−τ flavor symmetry, which are otherwise in tension with the current bound on ∑mv.

scholarly journals TRIBIMAXIMAL MIXING IN NEUTRINO MASS MATRICES WITH TEXTURE ZEROS OR VANISHING MINORS

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (07) ◽  
pp. 501-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. DEV ◽  
SHIVANI GUPTA ◽  
RADHA RAMAN GAUTAM
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Neutrino Mass Matrix ◽  
Seesaw Mechanism ◽  
Majorana Mass ◽  
Absolute Mass ◽  
Mass Matrices ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right

We study the existence of one/two texture zeros or one/two vanishing minors in the neutrino mass matrix with μτ symmetry. In the basis where the charged lepton mass matrix and the Dirac neutrino mass matrix are diagonal, the one/two zeros or one/two vanishing minors on the right-handed Majorana mass matrix having μτ symmetry will propagate via seesaw mechanism as one/two vanishing minors or one/two texture zeros in the neutrino mass matrix with μτ symmetry respectively. It is found that only five such texture structures of the neutrino mass matrix are phenomenologically viable. For tribimaximal mixing, these texture structures reduce the number of free parameters to one. Interesting predictions are obtained for the effective Majorana mass Mee, the absolute mass scale and the Majorana-type CP violating phases.

scholarly journals Conformal GUT inflation, proton lifetime and non-thermal leptogenesis

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Sravan Kumar ◽  
Paulo Vargas Moniz
Keyword(s):  
Conformal Symmetry ◽  
Lepton Number ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Type I ◽  
Gauge Bosons ◽  
Seesaw Mechanism ◽  
Grand Unified Theories ◽  
Unified Theories ◽  
Proton Lifetime

AbstractIn this paper, we generalize Coleman–Weinberg (CW) inflation in grand unified theories (GUTs) such as $$\text {SU}(5)$$SU(5) and $$\text {SO}(10)$$SO(10) by means of considering two complex singlet fields with conformal invariance. In this framework, inflation emerges from a spontaneously broken conformal symmetry. The GUT symmetry implies a potential with a CW form, as a consequence of radiative corrections. The conformal symmetry flattens the above VEV branch of the CW potential to a Starobinsky plateau. As a result, we obtain $$n_{s}\sim 1-\frac{2}{N}$$ns∼1-2N and $$r\sim \frac{12}{N^2}$$r∼12N2 for $$N\sim $$N∼ 50–60 e-foldings. Furthermore, this framework allow us to estimate the proton lifetime as $$\tau _{p}\lesssim 10^{40}$$τp≲1040 years, whose decay is mediated by the superheavy gauge bosons. Moreover, we implement a type I seesaw mechanism by weakly coupling the complex singlet, which carries two units of lepton number, to the three generations of singlet right handed neutrinos (RHNs). The spontaneous symmetry breaking of global lepton number amounts to the generation of neutrino masses. We also consider non-thermal leptogenesis in which the inflaton dominantly decays into heavy RHNs that sources the observed baryon asymmetry. We constrain the couplings of the inflaton field to the RHNs, which gives the reheating temperature as $$10^{6}\text { GeV}\lesssim T_{R}<10^{9}$$106GeV≲TR<109 GeV.

scholarly journals Flipped U(1) extended standard model and Majorana dark matter

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cao H. Nam
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Boson Mass ◽  
Type I ◽  
Seesaw Mechanism ◽  
Gauge Symmetries ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Gauge Boson Mass ◽  
The Right ◽  
Relic Abundance

AbstractWe propose a general flavor-independent extension of the Standard Model (SM) with the minimal particle content, based on the symmetry $$SU(3)_C\times SU(2)_L\times U(1)_{Y'}\times U(1)_X\times Z_2$$ S U ( 3 ) C × S U ( 2 ) L × U ( 1 ) Y ′ × U ( 1 ) X × Z 2 . In this scenario, the charge operator is identified in terms of the charges of two U(1) gauge symmetries. The light neutrino masses are generated via Type-I seesaw mechanism only with two heavy right-handed neutrinos acquiring their Majorana masses through the $$U(1)_{Y'}\times U(1)_X$$ U ( 1 ) Y ′ × U ( 1 ) X symmetry breaking. We study various experimental constraints on the parameters of the model and investigate the phenomenology of the right-handed neutrino dark matter (DM) candidate assigned a $$Z_2$$ Z 2 -odd parity. We find that the most important constraints are the observed DM relic abundance, the current LHC limits, and the ambiguity of the SM neutral gauge boson mass.

scholarly journals SEESAW AT LHC THROUGH LEFT–RIGHT SYMMETRY

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (09) ◽  
pp. 1469-1491 ◽  
Author(s):  
GORAN SENJANOVIĆ
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Lepton Number ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Seesaw Mechanism ◽  
Lepton Number Violation ◽  
Number Violation ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Masses

I argue that LHC may shed light on the nature of neutrino mass through the probe of the seesaw mechanism. The smoking gun signature is lepton number violation through the production of same sign lepton pairs, a collider analogy of the neutrinoless double beta decay. I discuss this in the context of left–right symmetric theories, which led originally to neutrino mass and the seesaw mechanism. A WR gauge boson with a mass in a few TeV region could easily dominate neutrinoless double beta decay, and its discovery at LHC would have spectacular signatures of parity restoration and lepton number violation. Moreover, LHC can measure the masses of the right-handed neutrinos and the right-handed leptonic mixing matrix, which could in turn be used to predict the rates for neutrinoless double decay and lepton flavor violating violating processes. The LR scale at the LHC energies offers great hope of observing these low energy processes in the present and upcoming experiments.

scholarly journals Status of rates and rate equations for thermal leptogenesis

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (05n06) ◽  
pp. 1842004 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Biondini ◽  
D. Bödeker ◽  
N. Brambilla ◽  
M. Garny ◽  
J. Ghiglieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evolution Equations ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Rate Equations ◽  
Heavy Neutrino ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Lepton Asymmetry ◽  
Cp Asymmetry ◽  
Neutrino Production ◽  
Hot Plasma ◽  
The Right

In many realizations of leptogenesis, heavy right-handed neutrinos play the main role in the generation of an imbalance between matter and antimatter in the early Universe. Hence, it is relevant to address quantitatively their dynamics in a hot and dense environment by taking into account the various thermal aspects of the problem at hand. The strong washout regime offers an interesting framework to carry out calculations systematically and reduce theoretical uncertainties. Indeed, any matter–antimatter asymmetry generated when the temperature of the hot plasma [Formula: see text] exceeds the right-handed neutrino mass scale [Formula: see text] is efficiently erased, and one can focus on the temperature window [Formula: see text]. We review recent progress in the thermal field theoretic derivation of the key ingredients for the leptogenesis mechanism: the right-handed neutrino production rate, the CP asymmetry in the heavy-neutrino decays and the washout rates. The derivation of evolution equations for the heavy-neutrino and lepton-asymmetry number densities, their rigorous formulation and applicability are also discussed.

scholarly journals Resonant enhancement in leptogenesis

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (05n06) ◽  
pp. 1842003 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. B. Dev ◽  
M. Garny ◽  
J. Klaric ◽  
P. Millington ◽  
D. Teresi
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Mass Difference ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Type I ◽  
Cp Asymmetry ◽  
Resonant Enhancement ◽  
Majorana Neutrinos ◽  
The Right ◽  
Decay Asymmetry

Vanilla leptogenesis within the type I seesaw framework requires the mass scale of the right-handed neutrinos to be above [Formula: see text] GeV. This lower bound can be avoided if at least two of the sterile states are almost mass degenerate, which leads to an enhancement of the decay asymmetry. Leptogenesis models that can be tested in current and upcoming experiments often rely on this resonant enhancement, and a systematic and consistent description is therefore necessary for phenomenological applications. In this paper, we give an overview of different methods that have been used to study the saturation of the resonant enhancement when the mass difference becomes comparable to the characteristic width of the Majorana neutrinos. In this limit, coherent flavor transitions start to play a decisive role, and off-diagonal correlations in flavor space have to be taken into account. We compare various formalisms that have been used to describe the resonant regime and discuss under which circumstances the resonant enhancement can be captured by simplified expressions for the CP asymmetry. Finally, we briefly review some of the phenomenological aspects of resonant leptogenesis.

scholarly journals Leptogenesis due to oscillating Higgs field

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seishi Enomoto ◽  
Chengfeng Cai ◽  
Zhao-Huan Yu ◽  
Hong-Hao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Higgs Field ◽  
Lepton Number ◽  
Type I ◽  
Lepton Asymmetry ◽  
Seesaw Model

AbstractWe propose a new leptogenesis scenario in which the lepton asymmetry and matter particles are simultaneously generated due to the coherent oscillating Higgs background. To demonstrate the possibility of our scenario, we consider the type-I seesaw model as an illuminating example and show the numerical analysis. In order to generate the required lepton number $$|n_L/s| = 2.4 \times 10^{-10}$$ | n L / s | = 2.4 × 10 - 10 , we find that the scales of the Higgs background oscillation is required to be higher than $$10^{14}$$ 10 14 GeV.

scholarly journals CP VIOLATION IN NEUTRINO MIXING MATRIX AND LEPTOGENESIS

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (09) ◽  
pp. 603-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
YONG LIU ◽  
UTPAL SARKAR
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
Invariant Measures ◽  
Lepton Number ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Neutrino Mixing ◽  
Lepton Asymmetry ◽  
Mixing Angles ◽  
Leptonic Sector ◽  
Mixing Matrix ◽  
Lepton Number Violating

The CP violation required in leptogenesis may have different origin, but in an effective theory they are all related to the rephasing invariant CP violating measures in the mixing matrix of the leptonic sector. We point out that with our present knowledge of the mixing angles it is possible to estimate the maximum allowed value for all the rephasing invariant measures of CP violation in the leptonic sector. In the effective three-generation scenario there are three CP violating rephasing invariant measures. We show that only one rephasing invariant measure enters the lepton number conserving processes while the other two enter the lepton number violating processes. In the bimaximal mixing case, the lepton number conserving measure of CP violation vanishes while the two lepton number violating rephasing invariant measures of CP violation remain nonzero, which could contribute to the lepton asymmetry of the universe.

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