Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-07-20
JCAP0804:033,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
39 pages, 9 figures; added comments and references, conclusions unchanged
Scientific paper
10.1088/1475-7516/2008/04/033
We discuss the conditions for a non-vanishing Dirac phase \delta and mixing angle \theta_{13}, sources of CP violation in neutrino oscillations, to be uniquely responsible for the observed matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe through leptogenesis. We show that this scenario, that we call \delta-leptogenesis, is viable when the degenerate limit (DL) for the heavy right-handed (RH) neutrino spectrum is considered. We derive an interesting joint condition on \sin\theta_{13} and the absolute neutrino mass scale that can be tested in future neutrino oscillation experiments. In the limit of hierarchical heavy RH neutrino spectrum (HL), we strengthen the previous result that \delta-leptogenesis is only very marginally allowed, even when the production from the two heavier RH neutrinos is taken into account. An improved experimental upper bound on \sin\theta_{13} and (or) an account of quantum kinetic effects could completely rule out this option in the future. Therefore, \delta-leptogenesis can be also regarded as a motivation for models with degenerate heavy neutrino spectrum.
Anisimov Alexey
Bari Pasquale Di
Blanchet Steve
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