Low-Energy Thermal Leptogenesis in an Extended NMSSM Model

Ma, Ernest; Sahu, Narendra; Sarkar, Utpal

Low-Energy Thermal Leptogenesis in an Extended NMSSM Model

Authors

Ma, Ernest

Sahu, Narendra

Sarkar, Utpal

Description

Thermal leptogenesis in the canonical seesaw model in supersymmetry suffers from the incompatibility of a generic lower bound on the mass scale of the lightest right-handed neutrino and the upper bound on the reheating temperature of the Universe after inflation. This is resolved by adding an extra singlet superfield, with a discrete $Z_2$ symmetry, to the NMSSM (Next to Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model). This generic mechanism is applicable to any supersymmetric model for lowering the scale of leptogenesis.
16 pages, revtex, 9 eps figures