Reconciling leptogenesis with observable μ → eγ rates

We perform a detailed analysis of thermal leptogenesis in the framework of seesaw models which approximately conserve lepton number. These models are known to allow for large Yukawa couplings and a low seesaw scale in agreement with neutrino mass constraints, and hence to lead to large lepton flavou...

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Published in:The journal of high energy physics 2010-04, Vol.2010 (4), Article 23
Main Authors: Blanchet, Steve, Hambye, Thomas, Josse-Michaux, François-Xavier
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classical and Quantum Gravitation
Couplings
Decay rate
Elementary Particles
Flavor (particle physics)
High energy physics
Leptons
Neutrinos
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Field Theories
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Physics
Relativity Theory
Splitting
String Theory
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Summary:We perform a detailed analysis of thermal leptogenesis in the framework of seesaw models which approximately conserve lepton number. These models are known to allow for large Yukawa couplings and a low seesaw scale in agreement with neutrino mass constraints, and hence to lead to large lepton flavour violating rates that can be probed experimentally. Although large Yukawa couplings lead to (inverse) decay rates much larger than the Hubble expansion rate, we show that the leptogenesis washout induced is generically small if the mass splitting between the right-handed neutrinos is small enough. As a result, large lepton flavour violating rates are compatible with successful leptogenesis. We emphasize that this scenario does not require any particular flavour structure. A small splitting is natural and radiatively stable in this context because it is protected by the lepton number symmetry.
ISSN:1029-8479
1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP04(2010)023