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Primordial Lepton Family Asymmtries in Seesaw Model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

In leptogenesis scenario, the decays of heavy Majorana neutrinos generate lepton family asymmetries, Ye,YμY_e, Y_{\mu} and YτY_{\tau}. They are sensitive to CP violating phases in seesaw models. The time evolution of the lepton family asymmetries are derived by solving Boltzmann equations. By taking a minimal seesaw model, we show how each family asymmetry varies with a CP violating phase. For instance, we find the case that the lepton asymmetry is dominated by YμY_{\mu} or YτY_{\tau} depending on the choice of the CP violating phase. We also find the case that the signs of lepton family asymmetries YμY_{\mu} and YτY_{\tau} are opposite each other. Their absolute values can be larger than the total lepton asymmetry and the baryon asymmetry may result from the cancellation of the lepton family asymmetries.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0308276,
  title  = {Primordial Lepton Family Asymmtries in Seesaw Model},
  author = {T. Endoh and T. Morozumi and Z. Xiong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0308276},
  year   = {2009}
}

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26 pages, 8 figures, ptp.style