Published January 1, 2021 | Version v1
Journal article

Non-thermal production of lepton asymmetry and dark matter in minimal seesaw with right handed neutrino induced Higgs potential

  • 1. Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ (United Kingdom)
  • 2. School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032 (India)
  • 3. Theoretical Physics Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-380009 (India)

Description

Within Type-I seesaw mechanism, Higgs mass can be dynamically generated via quantum effects of the right handed neutrinos assuming the potential is nearly conformal at the Ultra-Violet. The scenario, named as the "Neutrino Option" allows RH neutrino mass scale upto M   10 7 GeV to be consistent with light neutrino masses, mixing and Higgs mass. Therefore, it is not consistent with standard hierarchical thermal leptogenesis. Parameter space for thermal resonant leptogenesis is highly constrained in this model. We point out that non-thermal pair production of RH neutrinos from inflaton decay corresponds in general to a mild degree of resonance in the CP asymmetry parameter and allows RH mass scale to be smaller more than by an order of magnitude than the thermal strong resonance case. Within the similar parameter space of thermal leptogenesis, RH neutrinos can also be produced from inflaton decay along with a Dark Matter having mass M D M 320 MeV. The main constraint in the latter scenario comes from the Lyα constraints on Dark Matter free streaming. We show in addition, that the Neutrino Option introduces a 'phantom window' for the RH mass scale, in which contrary to the usual scenarios, CP asymmetry parameter for leptogenesis decreases with the increase of the RH mass scale and minimally fine-tuned seesaw models naturally exhibit this 'phantom window'.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/01/055

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2021
Journal Issue
01
Journal Page Range
p. 055
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
53099672
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
HIGGS MODEL; NEUTRINOS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PAIR PRODUCTION
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION