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Leptogenesis in minimal predictive seesaw models

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-09-25 v2

Abstract

We estimate the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe (BAU) arising from leptogenesis within a class of minimal predictive seesaw models involving two right-handed neutrinos and simple Yukawa structures with one texture zero. The two right-handed neutrinos are dominantly responsible for the "atmospheric" and "solar" neutrino masses with Yukawa couplings to (νe,νμ,ντ)(\nu_e, \nu_{\mu}, \nu_{\tau}) proportional to (0,1,1)(0,1,1) and (1,n,n2)(1,n,n-2), respectively, where nn is a positive integer. The neutrino Yukawa matrix is therefore characterised by two proportionality constants with their relative phase providing a leptogenesis-PMNS link, enabling the lightest right-handed neutrino mass to be determined from neutrino data and the observed BAU. We discuss an SU(5)SU(5) SUSY GUT example, where A4A_4 vacuum alignment provides the required Yukawa structures with n=3n=3, while a Z9\mathbb{Z}_9 symmetry fixes the relatives phase to be a ninth root of unity.

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@article{arxiv.1505.05504,
  title  = {Leptogenesis in minimal predictive seesaw models},
  author = {Fredrik Björkeroth and Francisco J. de Anda and Ivo de Medeiros Varzielas and Stephen F. King},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.05504},
  year   = {2015}
}

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16 pages, 2 tables. v2: minor changes, references added, version accepted in JHEP

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