Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2002-09-23
Phys.Rev. D67 (2003) 043515
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
(20 pages, 6 figures), references added, typos corrected. Final version in revtex
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.043515
The observed baryon asymmetry of the Universe can be due to the $B-L$ violating decay of heavy right handed (s)neutrinos. The amount of the asymmetry depends crucially on their number density. If the (s)neutrinos are generated thermally, in supersymmetric models there is limited parameter space leading to enough baryons. For this reason, several alternative mechanisms have been proposed. We discuss the nonperturbative production of sneutrino quanta by a direct coupling to the inflaton. This production dominates over the corresponding creation of neutrinos, and it can easily (i.e. even for a rather small inflaton-sneutrino coupling) lead to a sufficient baryon asymmetry. We then study the amplification of MSSM degrees of freedom, via their coupling to the sneutrinos, during the rescattering phase which follows the nonperturbative production. This process, which mainly influences the (MSSM) $D-$flat directions, is very efficient as long as the sneutrinos quanta are in the relativistic regime. The rapid amplification of the light degrees of freedom may potentially lead to a gravitino problem. We estimate the gravitino production by means of a perturbative calculation, discussing the regime in which we expect it to be reliable.
Boubekeur Lotfi
Davidson Sacha
Peloso Marco
Sorbo Lorenzo
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