Leptogenesis with cosmic strings

dc.creatorJeannerot, R.
dc.date1998-02-16
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dc.descriptionA new scenario for baryogenesis is described. The basic idea is that theories beyond the standard model which contain a ${\rm U}(1)_{B-L}$ gauge symmetry, where $B$ and $L$ are respectively baryon and lepton numbers, predict the existence of $B-L$ cosmic strings with right-handed neutrinos trapped as transverse zero modes. Cosmic string loops loose their energy via gravitational radiation and rapidly decay releasing these right-handed neutrinos. These decay into lepton and electroweak Higgs boson producing an initial lepton asymmetry. This lepton asymmetry is then converted into a baryon asymmetry via sphaleron transitions. The minimal extension of the standard model and the minimal grand unified theory for which this scenario works are respectively ${\rm SU}(3)_c \times {\rm SU}(2)_L \times {\rm U}(1)_R \times {\rm U}(1)_{B-L}$ and SO(10).
dc.descriptionPublished in the Proceedings of the XXXIInd Rencontres de Moriond on ``Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories'', Les Arcs, Savoie, France, March 15-22, 1997
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9802333
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9802333
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/47675
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleLeptogenesis with cosmic strings
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