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Title: Neutrino masses, leptogenesis and decaying dark matter

Journal Article · · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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  1. Department of Physics, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan (China)

We study a simple extension of the standard model to simultaneously explain neutrino masses, dark matter and the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe. In our model, the baryon asymmetry is achieved by the leptogenesis mechanism, while the decaying dark matter with the lifetime of O(10{sup 26} s) provides a natural solution to the electron and positron excesses in Fermi and PAMELA satellite experiments. In particular, we emphasize that our model is sensitive to the structure at the endpoint around 1 TeV of the Fermi data. In addition, some of new particles proposed in the model are within the reach at the near future colliders, such as the Large Hadron Collider.

OSTI ID:
22273052
Journal Information:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2009, Issue 10; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English