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Exploring $0\nu\beta\beta$ and Leptogenesis in the Alternative Left-Right Model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2020-10-20 v2

Abstract

We investigate the possibility of neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ0\nu\beta\beta) and leptogenesis within the Alternative Left-Right Model (ALRM). Unlike the usual left-right symmetric model, ALRM features a Majorana right-handed neutrino which does not carry any charge. Further, in this picture the down-type quark and the charged leptons receive mass through the additional left-handed scalar field, rather than the usual doublet. Together, these features conspire to generate significant contributions to the 0νββ0\nu\beta\beta through vector-scalar (WHWH) mediation. For moderate masses of the relevant charged Higgs boson (MH1±200M_{H_1^\pm}\sim 200 GeV), the half-life of T12WHT_{\frac{1}{2}}^{WH} is 3×1026 yrs\sim 3\times 10^{26}~{\rm yrs} for both the case of 76^{76}Ge and 136^{136}Xe, well within the sensitivity expected by future experiments. Invoking the resonant leptogenesis, CP violation arising from the right-handed neutrino decay could be the required order to generate the correct baryogenesis, ϵ106\epsilon\sim 10^{-6}, for small Dirac phases and without any fine tuning.

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@article{arxiv.2008.12270,
  title  = {Exploring $0\nu\beta\beta$ and Leptogenesis in the Alternative Left-Right Model},
  author = {Mariana Frank and Chayan Majumdar and P. Poulose and Supriya Senapati and Urjit A. Yajnik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.12270},
  year   = {2020}
}

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22 pages, 3 figures, Matches the published version

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