Baryogenesis at a lepton-number-breaking phase transition

Long, Andrew J.; Tesi, Andrea; Wang, Lian -Tao

doi:10.1007/jhep10(2017)095

Baryogenesis at a lepton-number-breaking phase transition

Journal Article · Fri Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10(2017)095· OSTI ID:1512500

Long, Andrew J. ^[1]; Tesi, Andrea ^[2]; Wang, Lian -Tao ^[2]

Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States); None
Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)

We study a scenario in which the baryon asymmetry of the universe arises from a cosmological phase transition where lepton-number is spontaneously broken. If the phase transition is first order, a lepton-number asymmetry can arise at the bubble wall, through dynamics similar to electroweak baryogenesis, but involving right-handed neutrinos. In addition to the usual neutrinoless double beta decay in nuclear experiments, the model may be probed through a variety of “baryogenesis by-products”, which include a stochastic background of gravitational waves created by the colliding bubbles. Depending on the model, other aspects may include a network of topological defects that produce their own gravitational waves, additional contribution to dark radiation, and a light pseudo-Goldstone boson (majoron) as dark matter candidate.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0013642

OSTI ID:: 1512500

Journal Information:: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 2017; ISSN 1029-8479

Publisher:: Springer BerlinCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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