Published November 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Observable N-N-bar oscillation, high-scale see-saw and origin of matter

  • 1. Dept. of Physics and Center for String and Particle Theory, Univ. of Maryland, Maryland (United States)

Description

See-saw mechanism has been a dominant paradigm in the discussion of neutrino masses. We discuss how this idea can be tested via a baryon number violating process such as N-N-bar oscillation. Since the expected see-saw scale is high and the N-N-bar amplitude goes like M-5R, one might think that this process is not observable in realistic see-saw models for neutrino masses. In this talk I show that in supersymmetric models, the above conclusion is circumvented leading to an enhanced and observable rate for N-N-bar oscillation. I also discuss a new mechanism for baryogenesis in generic models for neutron-anti-neutron oscillation. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Pramana
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 783-791
CODEN
PRAMCI

Conference

Title
9. workshop on high energy physics phenomenology. Part II
Acronym
WHEPP-9
Dates
3-14 Jan 2006
Place
Bhubaneswar (India)

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Notes
17 refs., 3 figs.