Phase Separation Unlocks Resonant Leptogenesis
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2025-09-05 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
Distinct behavior of decaying particles in true and false vacua of the theory can lead to enhanced generation of baryon asymmetry, a scenario we call \textit{phase separation baryogenesis}. We demonstrate that for leptogenesis this naturally allows for right handed neutrinos to generate resonantly-enhanced lepton asymmetry without fine-tuning of their masses as in typical theories. Our mechanism allows for a variety of neutrino mass hierarchies and hence possible novel connections with observations. We present a concrete realization in a minimal model with a scalar field undergoing a phase transition.
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@article{arxiv.2409.12228,
title = {Phase Separation Unlocks Resonant Leptogenesis},
author = {Jason Arakawa and Philip Lu and Volodymyr Takhistov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.12228},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Expanded analysis, clarified mass splittings. 5 pages + supplemental materials, 3 figures