Realistic Dirac Leptogenesis
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-09-29 v2
Abstract
We present a model of leptogenesis that preserves lepton number. The model maintains the important feature of more traditional leptogenesis scenarios: the decaying particles that provide the CP violation necessary for baryogenesis also provide the explanation for the smallness of the neutrino Yukawa couplings. This model clearly demonstrates that, contrary to conventional wisdom, neutrinos need not be Majorana in nature in order to help explain the baryon asymmetry of the universe.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0206177,
title = {Realistic Dirac Leptogenesis},
author = {Hitoshi Murayama and Aaron Pierce},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0206177},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure. Uses RevTex. Reference Added. Minor changes in wording