Baryon and lepton numbers in two scenarios of leptogenesis

Journal Article · Sun Jan 15 04:00:00 EST 2006 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.73.0· OSTI ID:20795706

Kartavtsev, A ^[1]

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1. Institut fuer Physik, Universitaet Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund (Germany)

Baryon and lepton numbers of the Universe in leptogenesis with Dirac neutrino and leptogenesis with Majorana neutrino scenarios are considered. It is shown that despite quite different features of Dirac and Majorana fermions both scenarios yield the same relation among the initial lepton and the final baryon asymmetries. Moreover right-handed neutrinos in the leptogenesis with Dirac neutrino scenario have very little impact on the effective number of relativistic degrees of freedom, constrained by BBN. Thus the two scenarios are similar from the cosmological point of view. It is also pointed out that in thermal equilibrium the 3B+L sum is zero for left-handed fermions.

• OSTI ID: 20795706
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 73; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ASYMMETRY
BARYONS
DEGREES OF FREEDOM
NEUTRINOS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM
UNIVERSE